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Dick Cavett’s Vietnam (2015)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

In conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon (30 April 1975) and the end of America’s presence in Vietnam, ‘Dick Cavett’s Vietnam’ re-examines the conflict and its impact on America...

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Edison: The Father of Invention (2015)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £14.99

Born on the threshold of Americas burgeoning industrial empire, Edisons curiosity led him to its cutting edge. With just three months of formal schooling, he took on one seemingly impossible technical...

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Physics of Light, The (2015)

Director

Si Joon Kim

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 300 minutes), £24.95

Six-part documentary series exploring the concepts of physics from familiar theories, such as Newton’s Law of Gravity, to the latest in scientific research, like string theory and M-theory. By connecting...

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Putin’s Way (2015)

Director

Neil Docherty

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $19.99

FRONTLINE investigates Vladimir Putin’s remarkable ascent from unemployed spy to modern-day czar, and the persistent accusations of criminality and corruption that have accompanied that rise. It traces...

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Brain, The (2015)

aka: The Brain with Dr. Eagleman

Director

Sarah Sapper

Producer

Helen Conlan

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 300 minutes), $29.99

Using innovative visual effects and compelling personal stories, neuroscientist David Eagleman explores the wonders of the human brain. Episodes include: -What is Reality?: How the brain constructs our...

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Address, The (2014)

Director

Ken Burns

Subject

Education; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

Ken Burns’ documentary interweaves the history of the Gettysburg Address with a chronicle about a special school in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont. Each year, fifty students, boys from the...

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Dick Cavett’s Watergate (2014)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £14.99

With access to the archive of THE DICK CAVETT SHOW, this DVD documents the Watergate scandal in the words of the people who lived it: from the botched burglary at the Democratic National Headquarters; to the...

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1964 (2014)

Subject

American Studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £14.99

Based on the book ‘The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964’, by award-winning journalist Jon Margolis, this film follows some of the most prominent figures of the time (including Lyndon B Johnson, Barry...

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How we Got to Now with Steven Johnson: The History and Power of Great Ideas (2014)

Director

Nic Stacey

Producer

Nic Stacey

Subject

Science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 mins), $54.99

A 2-disc DVD of the six-part documentary television series first broadcast in the US October-November 2014. Best-selling author Steven Johnson tells the stories behind six remarkable ideas that made modern...

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Particle Fever (2014)

Director

Mark Levinson

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 99 minutes), $19.99

Documentary following six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists join forces in pursuit of a single goal: to...

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