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Ultrasuede - In Search of Halston (2011)

Director

Whitney Sudler-Smith

Subject

Business studies; Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £8.00

Halston, with his signature fabric ultrasuede, was America’s first celebrity designer. At his pinnacle Halston sold his business and his name for a large sum of money but this couldn’t protect him from...

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World at War: The Ultimate Restored Edition (2010)

Director

Ted Childs; Martin Smith

Producer

Peter Batty; Ted Childs; Martin Smith

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1949 minutes), £79.99

Narrated by Laurence Olivier and first broadcast in 1973, this 10 disc edition contains all 26 episodes of the original series. Please note that this version is presented in an aspect ratio of 16:9, which...

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Secrets of Nature Pioneering Natural History Films, 1922 - 1933 (2010)

Director

Percy Smith; Mary Field

Subject

Biology; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

A digitally remastered collection of 19 British films made between 1922 and 1933 that used groundbreaking techniques to share the secrets of the natural world with cinema audiences. The pioneering series...

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All’s Well That Ends Well (2009 Video)

aka: Conleth Hill on Paroles George Rainsford on Bertram Michelle Terry on Helena Costumes for All’s Well That Ends Well Playing the King

Director

Mike Marriage; Harold Raitt

Subject

Drama

5 short videos, hosted on the National Theatre website, related to Marianne Elliott’s 2009 staging of the play. COLETH HILL ON PAROLES (2 mins) GEORGE RAINSFORD ON BERTRAM (2 mins) MICHELLE TERRY ON...

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Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness (2009)

Producer

Llewellyn Smith; Vincent Brown; Christine Herbes-Sommers

Subject

Anthropology; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 57 minutes), $195.00

Who has the authority to define a culture? Is there "objective" scholarship and, if so, how does it become politicised? Race and scholarship collide in a new film on Melville J. Herskovits, the pioneering...

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Obama: His Story (2009)

Producer

Guy Smith

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £195.00

BBC correspondent Clive Myrie traces the life story of America’s first black president. From Obama’s broken home childhood in Hawaii, through his political awakening in the rough neighbourhoods of...

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Oh! What a Lovely War (2006)

Director

Richard Attenborough

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 144 minutes), £15.99

A restored version of Richard Attenborough’s directorial debut film which re-interprets real First World War events as a musical. Based on the 1963 radio play written by Charles Chiltern which was adapted...

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Terrible Price, The - Gresford 1934 (2006)

Director

Martin Smith

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £15.99

A documentary about the Gresford (Wrexham) mining disaster of 1934. Shown on the 70th anniversary of the disaster on BBC in Wales only, this film tells the story of a man-made tragedy which cost the lives of...

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Kingmaker, The (2006 Audio)

Director

Gary Russell

Subject

Drama; English language and literature; History; Shakespeare

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 139 minutes), £14.99

This audio drama is a continuation of the television series Doctor Who, with Peter Davison and Nicola Bryant returning to the roles of the Doctor and his companion Peri. In this adventure they have to deal...

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Where Words Prevail (2005 Video)

Director

Steven Budlong; Salvatore Rasa

Producer

Steven Budlong; Salvatore Rasa

Subject

Drama

Documentary exploring the acclaimed work of Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. From rehearsals at the RSC in Stratford-on-Avon, to workshops and Master Classes in Seoul, New York,...

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