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  1. We Live in Two Worlds : Gpo Film Unit Volume 2 (2009)

    Director
    Len Lye; Harry Watt; Evelyn Spice; William Coldstream; Basil Wright; Stuart Legg; Alberto Cavalcanti; Norman McLaren; Lotte Reiniger; Pat Jackson; Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £24.99

    The second of three double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit produced between 1936-1938. The collection is not just important in cinematic terms, but provides a valuable and...

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  2. Hpo, The: Heavenly Post Office (1938 Video)

    Director
    Lotte Reiniger
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. dufaycolour. 4 min.

    The Post Office slogan at the time was: ‘It’s heaven to receive a greetings telegram. Be an angel and send one!' Lotte Reiniger translated this into a silhouette film that did much to promote telegram...

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  3. Tocher, The (1938 Video)

    Director
    Lotte Reiniger
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 5 min.

    A fairy-tale ballet silhouette as a means of promoting the Post Office Savings Bank. Music consists of Rossini themes arranged by Benjamin Britten.

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  4. Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (1926 Video)

    Director
    Lotte Reiniger
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL), £11.99

    Based on tales from ‘The Arabian Nights’ this is one of the first full-length animated films in the history of cinema. It uses silhouette animation, based on the ancient Chinese and Indonesian art of...

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  5. Early Women Filmmakers, 1911-1940 (1902)

    Director
    Maya Deren; Leni Riefenstahl; Germaine Dulac; Lotte Reiniger; Dorothy Arzner; Mary-Louise Iribe
    Subject
    Film studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 652 minutes), £44.99

    More women worked in film during its first two decades than at any time since. Unfortunately, many early women filmmakers have been largely written out of film history, their contributions undervalued. This...

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