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  1. Joan of Arc: The Truth? (1994 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    A revisionist view of the life of Joan of Arc, finding her previous reputation to good to be true and goes back to the original trial texts to uncover a very different character from the familiar image of...

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  2. History of Advertising, The (5 Parts) (1982 Multimedia, Video)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 50 min. Also available as a tape-slide presentation.

    1: Shows some of the earliest forms of advertising show merchants and craftsmen displayed signs/symbols to sell their wares to London’s largely illiterate population. 2: Looks at the bold, brash...

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  3. Alaska: The Great Land (1971 Video)

    Director
    Derek Williams
    Producer
    Humphrey Swingler
    Subject
    Geology; History
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

    Surveys the history of Alaska from Behring’s discovery in 1741 to the recent findings of oil close to the Arctic shore.

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  4. Poet’s Eye - A Tribute to Shakespeare (1964 Film)

    Director
    Gordon Hales
    Producer
    Humphrey Swingler
    Subject
    Drama; Travel & tourism

    A film tribute to William Shakespeare, made for the Overseas Departments in connection with the quartercentenary celebrations. Spoken extracts from Shakespeare works (read by Stephen Murray) are blended with...

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  5. Profit by Design (1962 Film)

    Subject
    Design
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Design as an effective means of keeping costs low, as well as making an attractive product.

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  6. Waverley Steps (1949 Video)

    Director
    John Eldridge
    Producer
    Paul Fletcher
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 72 minutes), £20.41

    An unusual official film, made with the co-operation of the people of Edinburgh, with something of the feel of the old German films of the twenties. It captures the bold outlines of the grey-stoned city and...

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  7. Forties Scotland (1948 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 75 min.

    Three COI films of the 1940s reflecting urban and rural life in Scotland. WAVERLEY STEPS (1948) looks at Edinburgh and its people, CROFTERS (1944) at a highland community apparently hardly changed by the...

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