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  1. Bridging the Gap: Independence (2014)

    Subject
    Film studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), Free

    Four Films on the theme of "Independence" commissioned by Scottish Documentary Institute. DIRECTED BY TWEEDIE: (dir. Duncan Cowles) CHAPPIN’: (dir. Igor Slepov) TOUCH LIFE: (dir. Leo Bruges) CAILLEACH:...

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  2. 112 Weddings (2014)

    Director
    Doug Block
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £4.99

    For the past two decades, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Doug Block (51 Birch Street, The Kids Grow Up) has helped support himself by shooting weddings. Hired for his intimate documentary style, he found...

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  3. Future Shock! The Story of 2000ad (2014)

    Director
    Paul Goodwin
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 105 minutes), £12.00

    First published in 1977 at the height of the punk era, UK Sci-Fi comic 2000AD was violent, anti-authoritarian, darkly funny and distinctly British. With such iconic characters as Strontium Dog, Nemesis and...

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  4. This Week: Volume 1 (2014)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £9.60

    THIS WEEK was the first weekly current-affairs programme aired on commercial television in the UK. Beginning in 1956 as a light, magazine-style show punctuated by more serious items, by the mid-1960s it...

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  5. From the Sea to the Land Beyond (2013)

    Director
    Penny Woolcock
    Producer
    Mark Atkin
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £19.99

    Using footage taking from four main sources at the British Film Institute - the Mitchell and Kenyon collection; Topical Budget newsreels; public information films from the COI collection and travelogues from...

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  6. Steel: A Century of Steelmaking on Film (2013)

    Director
    Jack Cardiff; Jenny Woodley
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 416 minutes), £24.99

    Steel provides the backbone of Britain’s industry and society. It was a driving force behind the second Industrial Revolution and shaped many regions of the UK. In its heyday over 450,000 people were...

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  7. Imposter, The (2013)

    Director
    Bart Layton
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £15.99

    Documentary, featuring dramatised sections, telling the story of French-Algerian Frédéric Bourdin, who convinced the Barclay family from Antonio Texas, that he was in fact their son Nicholas, who had...

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  8. McCullin (2013)

    Director
    Jacqui Morris; David Morris (3)
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes)

    A documentary exploring the work of British photojournalist, Don McCullin, featuring contributions from Harold Evans, who was McCullin’s editor at the Sunday Times from 1969 to 1984, as well as McCullin...

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  9. Spirit of ‘45, The (2013)

    Director
    Ken Loach
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.99

    Director Ken Loach uses film from Britain’s regional and national archives, alongside sound recordings and contemporary interviews to present a portrait of the social changes which took place in post-War...

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  10. Night Mail - The Gpo Story (2013)

    Director
    Harry Watt; Basil Wright
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 126 minutes), £20.41

    This release includes THE GPO STORY (1986), BBC Arena’s tribute to the Unit featuring many of the original filmmakers, including Harry Watt, Basil Wright, Stuart Legg, Edgar Anstey, Chick Fowle, Pat...

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