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  1. Jazz Age, The (1955 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Depicts with archive footage the social life and customs in America during the 1920s, and traces important historical events of the period. Part 1 includes the Harding political campaign and scandal, rise of...

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  2. Story of the Hoover Dam, The (1955 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., Free loan

    Contemporary account of the construction and operation of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, completed in 1936 as Boulder Dam and given it original name in 1947.

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  3. Bathing Babies in Three Cultures (1954 Film)

    Producer
    Gregory Bateson; Margaret Mead
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A comparative series of sequences showing the interplay between mother and child in three different settings - bathing in the Sepik River in New Guinea, in a modern American bathroom, and in a mountain...

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  4. See It Now (1954 Film)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A film compiled from extracts of television programmes in the series SEE IT NOW, which was presented on CBS Television by Edward R Murrow. The film is presented by speakers from Freedom House, an...

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  5. Coffee: America’s Happiest Addiction (1950)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 135 minutes), $14.99

    Of all the legal narcotics in our lives, coffee is the most constantly prevalent and accepted. It is truly a part of our culture. This collection presents films that show the making of coffee, the workings...

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  6. History of Advertising - Automobiles 1950-1960 (1950)

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 102 minutes), £18.99

    A compilation of classic American advertisements for automobiles from the 1950s, when the suburbs were growing and cars were becoming less of a luxury item and more of a necessity. Movie houses - long a...

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  7. Sex in the 1950s (1947)

    Subject
    Health Education; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), $14.99

    This amazing collection of American sex education films deals with such issues as menstruation (Molly Grows Up), puberty (Physical Aspects of Puberty), acceptable displays of affection (How Much Affection?),...

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  8. Native Land (1942 Video)

    Director
    Leo Hurwitz; Paul Strand
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 89 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Examines the fight of employers against the growth of trade unionism in the USA, the abuse of civil liberties, and how the democratic principles of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt were fought...

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  9. Frank Capra’s Why we Fight (1942)

    Director
    Frank Capra
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 403 minutes), £24.99

    Forceful propaganda on the aims of democracy contrasted with fascism. Liberties are taken with the material but a good example of the best resources of Hollywood directed towards propaganda and patriotic...

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  10. Children Must Learn, The (1941 Film)

    Director
    Willard Van Dyke
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Scenes of life and schoolwork in an American country district illustrate the argument that to be of value, education should not be merely academic but should bear a clear relationship to the lives of the...

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