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  1. Plymouth: The Pre-War Years (2010)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 46 minutes), £10.00

    A remarkable historical record of Plymouth’s pre-war history filmed by local camera enthusiasts and featuring rare pictures of Plymouth pier and city centre, as well as Plymothians at leisure. It includes...

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  2. Power Under the Clay/Diamonds Under Dirt (1972)

    Producer
    Ray Johnson
    Subject
    Crafts; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    POWER OVER THE CLAY (1975, 40 min) is a documentary charting the social and industrial history of the area, using period illustrations, archive film and re-enactments to bring the past to life. It then moves...

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  3. Nursing on Film, 1920s - 1980s

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This collection of films held by the Staffordshire Film Archives traces the history of the nursing profession in North Staffordshire from the 1920s to the 1980s. In CITY GENERAL NURSES (1988), nurses past...

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  4. Reel Life: Saturdays in Film and Sound

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £5.00

    This DVD provides a fascinating glimpse into Saturday afternoons of the last 100 years through examples of films and sound interviews held in public archives. The material is grouped into six themes,...

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  5. Snobs and Clowns: Northamptonshire on Film, 1932 - 1989

    Subject
    Film studies; Television studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £7.99

    Researched and edited by Emily Wilczek from the University of Lincoln School of Media, this DVD chronicles over fifty years of filmmaking in Northamptonshire, seen through a series of rarely seen and newly...

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  6. Birmingham Memories

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £7.99

    Included here are rare early colour recordings held by the Central Library of Birmingham. The recordings date from between 1930-1970s and cover: -Everyday life in Birmingham in the 1930s -Celebrations in the...

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  7. History of the British Seaside, The

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £7.99

    The heyday of the seaside is recalled through three films produced to promote the towns in the cinemas of the day. Towns included are: Blackpool, Scarborough, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno, Weston-super-Mare,...

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  8. Mining the Past: Shaping Our Lives

    Producer
    Ray Johnson
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This social history documentary, produced for Age UK North Staffordshire, brings together ex-miners to share their varied and fascinating experiences of life in the pits of Newcastle-under-Lyme, North...

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  9. Sneyd Pit Disaster

    Producer
    Ray Johnson
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This documentary is dedicated to the memory of the 57 men and boys who lost their lives on New Year’s Day, 1942. The explosion at Sneyd is put into the context of wartime, explained by experts at Apedale...

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  10. Titanic: Prepare to Launch

    Producer
    Ray Johnson
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    TITANIC was the biggest and thought to be the safest ship in the world. This DVD charts the plans and events leading up to her launch on May 31st 1911. Her captain, Edward John Smith, came from Stoke, and...

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