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Lorenzo’s Oil (2004)

Director

George Miller

Subject

Biology; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 129 minutes), £5.99

Dramatisation of a true story about determined parents, economist Augusto and linguist Michaela Odone, who battled time and the medical establishment to save the life of their son who was diagnosed in 1985...

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Peter the Great and Catherine the Great (1986)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £19.50

Depicts the struggle of Peter the Great to open up Russia - a landlocked nation - to the sea; and Catherine the Great’s desire to bring the values of Western civilisation into Russian daily life. The...

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Einstein’s Universe (1979 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 113 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Documentary honouring Einstein’s 100th birthday. Explains Einstein’s ideas to the layman. Among the scientists taking part are Prof Roger Penrose, Prof John Wheeler who knew Einstein, and Irwin Shapler....

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Romanoff and Juliet (1960 Film)

aka: Dig That Juliet

Director

Peter Ustinov

Producer

Peter Ustinov

Subject

Drama

Satirical feature film setting the Romeo and Juliet story into Cold War politics. Igor Romanoff, the son of a Russian ambassador from an obscure Eastern European country, Concordia, falls in love with Juliet...

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Lola MontÈs (1955 Video)

Director

Max Ophüls

Producer

Albert Caraco

Subject

Film studies; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £19.99

A new version of the acclaimed French feature film restored and remastered by the Cinematheque Francaise with Max Ophuls’ approval. The tragic life of a famous courtesan and her romance with the King of...

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True Glory, The (1945)

Director

Garson Kanin; Carol Reed

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £14.00

Uses the actual voices of British and American soldiers as commentary to describe the campaign from D-Day, in Normandy to the fall of Berlin, including the Falaise Gap, Caen, Arnhem, the liberation of Paris...

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Theatre Programme [24/04/1946] (Radio)

aka: Dame Edith Evans

Producer

Felix Felton; Ayton Whitaker

Subject

Drama

Distribution

No archive copy known (1/2008)

Third of a fortnightly theatrical review magazine commissioned for radio by the BBC Light Programme. The theatre star invited to perform her favourite part for this episode is Shakespeare actress Edith Evans...

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Past, Present and Future (Television)

Producer

Richard Ouzounian

Subject

Drama

A thirteen-part television series, presented by Richard Ouzounian, on the history of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. The final episode gives impressions, images and sounds spanning 50 years at...

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Stardust Years. Part 2 (1978-1980), The (Television)

Producer

Richard Ouzounian

Subject

Drama

A thirteen-part television series, presented by Richard Ouzounian, on the history of the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Episode 6. During Robin Phillips’ tenure while all seemed successful on...

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King Lear (Video)

Director

Robin Phillips

Subject

Drama

Video recording of Robin Phillips’ 1980 staging of King Lear with Peter Ustinov in the title role.

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