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  1. Great War Poets, The (2014)

    Director
    Bob Carruthers
    Subject
    History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 46 minutes), £11.00

    Documentary about the First World War poets, including Wilfred Owen, John McCrae, Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon and A.E.Housman.

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  2. Picasso: Magic, Sex and Death (2002)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 175 min), £19.99 (Revolver)

    A biography of Picasso, originally shown as a 3-part television series, presented by his friend and biographer, John Richardson. The first programme reveals the influence of magic on the artist’s life and...

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  3. Ansel Adams (2002)

    Director
    Ric Burns
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 82 minutes), £12.99

    Documentary film which takes a look at the life and work of award-winning American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams. Best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, Adams’...

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  4. Fonteyn and Nureyev: Ballet’s Legendary Partnership (2001 Video)

    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    DVD

    The 1997 version of the video, updated from a programme originally made in 1985, contains previously unseen footage of the ballet duo captured at their peak. Includes excerpts from ‘Romeo and Juliet’,...

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  5. Complete Cosmos, The (DVD) (2000 Video)

    Director
    Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor
    Producer
    Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor
    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    DVD

    Disc 2: Discovery - Into Deep Space. 14) Space Frontier: human space exploration; 15) High Life: living and working in space; 16) Where Next?; 17) Breakthrough!: astronomy and astronomers - Copernicus,...

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  6. CinÉma VÉritÉ: Defining the Moment (1999 Video)

    Director
    Peter Wintonick
    Producer
    Eric Michel; Adam Symansky
    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 103 min., £19.99 (inc)

    A history of non-fiction films, looking at the pioneers, the techniques and the equipment. Considers the main influences on documentary film-making, and shows clips of cinéma vérité classics including...

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  7. Un-Dressed: Fashion in the Twentieth Century (1998 Video)

    aka: Undressed: Fashion in the 20th Century

    Director
    Jaci Judelson; Gideon Koppel
    Producer
    Pascale Lamche
    Subject
    Design
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 208 min (total)., 1998 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) pair

    Four-part series detailing the history of 20th-century fashion by examining its many influences. Tape 1: 1) REBELLION: Focuses on how fashion has mirrored social change and highlights some influences,...

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  8. Last Plant Standing (1998)

    Director
    J Edward Milner
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 200 minutes), £17.00

    Survival on a finite planet is based on food security: We are dependent on plants as the basis of all our food. The informed conservation of plant genetic resources is therefore a most vital task which...

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  9. Stagestruck: The Art and Craft of Theatre (3 Parts) (1996 Video)

    Director
    Bob Harvey
    Producer
    Bob Harvey
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 120 min., 1999 sale: £8.99 (inclusive) each 1999 sale: £24.99 (inclusive) set of 3

    A guide to amateur dramatics in three volumes, each divided in three main areas: actor workshops, sets and staging, and make-up, and containing anecdote, examples, tip and advice (details in BNFVG No 5, 1999).

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  10. Birth of the Bomb / Search for the Super (1995)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 50 minutes), £16.99

    Two films by Peter Batty that piece together the story of the quest for an ultimate weapon, looking at how scientists and politicians in Germany, the UK, the USA and the Soviet Union battled to unleash a...

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