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  1. London Trilogy, A: The Films of St Etienne (2013)

    Director
    Kieran Evans; Paul Kelly
    Subject
    Art; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

    Three films documenting London’s environment and landscapes set to music by the band St Etienne. FINISTERRE (2003, Paul Kelly and Kieran Evans) is an evocative homage to London, featuring a host of London...

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  2. London: A Tale of Two Cities (2013)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

    Presenter Dan Cruickshank explores the history of London in the 17th century via witnesses John Stow and John Strype, whose surveys and observations depict a city surviving war, plague and fire to become one...

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  3. Breaking Ground: The Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre (2013)

    Director
    Michelle Deignan
    Producer
    Clare Dearnaley
    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (60 minutes), £10.90

    Documentary telling the story of the London Irish Women’s Centre. The film recounts the story of the Centre from its origins in the 1980s to its closure in 2012. Using a creative fusion of montage, archive...

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  4. Taskafa: Stories of the Street; Estate, A Reverie (2013)

    Director
    Andrea Luka Zimmerman
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 177 minutes), £12.99

    Ta kafa: Stories of the Street (2013) is a film about resistance and co-existence told through the lives of the street dogs of Istanbul featuring text and readings by the late artist, novelist and poet John...

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  5. British Transport Films Collection Volume Ten: London on the Move (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 250 minutes), £19.99

    Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey, a founding...

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  6. Wild London: Sounds of the City’s Wildlife (2012 Audio)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Download), £7.00

    This collection of 29 recordings features the sounds of some of the animals that have made their homes in London, including the grey squirrel, rind-necked parakeet, the red fox and the ubiquitous feral pigeon.

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  7. London: The Modern Babylon (2012)

    Director
    Julien Temple
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £19.99

    Documentarian and music video director Julien Temple explores the changing cultural face of his hometown, London, in this kaleidoscopic film. Using archive footage, from the Sidney Street Siege to the riots...

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  8. Look at Life: Volume 5 - Cultural Heritage (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 640 minutes), £10.96

    This collection presents 64 films from the LOOK AT LIFE series encompassing Britain’s cultural heritage in all its forms and documenting a fascinating era of change - from the rebuilding of post-War...

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  9. Celebrating Dickens (2012)

    Subject
    English language and literature

    This documentary, presented by Professor John Mee, explores the life and career of Charles Dickens in his various guises: the author, the public performer, the philanthropist, the celebrity, the boy and the...

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  10. Secret City (2012)

    Director
    Michael Chanan
    Subject
    Economics

    Secret City investigates the City of London, the Corporation that runs it, and its role in the economic crisis. The history of London since its foundation by the Romans is recounted by Maurice Glasman, with...

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