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  1. New Town (2016)

    Subject
    Architecture; History

    In 1752 Edinburgh launched a competition to design a ‘New Town’ for the Scottish capital. The city desperately needed an upgrade - it was overcrowded, filthy and crumbling. With Scotland a partner in the...

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  2. Blood and Glitter: 70 Years of the Citizens’ Theatre (2015)

    Director
    Cath Pick
    Subject
    Drama

    Documentary celebrating the 70th anniversary of Glasgow’s innovative Citizens Theatre and looking back at seven decades of pioneering productions. [60 minutes]

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  3. Brian Cox’s Jute Journey (2011)

    Director
    Brian Ross; Donald Alexander
    Producer
    John Archer
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 92 minutes), £16.33

    Hollywood actor Brian Cox is a son of Dundee and grew up amid the clatter of the Jute mills, where both his parents began their working lives. The Jute trade, making hessian from India’s ‘golden’...

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  4. Passage (2009)

    Director
    John Walker
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 113 minutes), $99.00

    The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew perished in the Arctic during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they...

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  5. Night Mail/West Highland (2004)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 minutes), £19.99

    A compilation of two classic films on steam trains

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  6. West Highland (2001)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 30 minutes), £19.99

    A classic 1960 BBC Scotland documentary made by John Gray about life and workings on the West Highland Railway in the last days of steam.

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  7. Charles Rennie Macintosh: A Modern Man (1996 Video)

    Director
    Richard Downes
    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1998 sale: £12.95 (inclusive)

    Profile of Scottish artist and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh to mark the centenary of his masterpiece, the Glasgow School of Art. Looks at Mackintosh’s youthful intellectual curiosity, early successes...

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  8. Behind Closed Doors (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Investigation of domestic violence in Scotland.

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  9. Shakespeare for Beginners (Television)

    Producer
    Nicola White
    Subject
    Drama

    Television series on Scottish art. Focuses on TAG (Theatre in Glasgow) originally set up as the educational arm of the the Citizens’ Theatre. Follows a touring production of King Lear for schools as they...

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  10. Movie Connections [15/10/2007] (Television)

    Director
    Angus McIntyre
    Producer
    Brendan O’Hara
    Subject
    Drama; Media studies

    Documentary series on the history of influential British films. This episode looks at SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. Narrated by Ashley Jensen.

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