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  1. Final Reel, The (2016)

    aka: The Final Reel: The Story of Our Love Affairs with Cinemas

    Director
    Jonathan Blagrove
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £10.99

    From the early days of silent cinema, through the golden age of the picture palace to the modern multiplexes and beyond, this documentary takes an affectionate and entertaining look at Britain’s obsession...

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  2. The Great Math Mystery, The (2016)

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

    Documentary about the history and principles of mathematics presented by astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with other mathematicians, physicists, and engineers. The programme traces the...

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  3. Memories of the Korean War (2016)

    Subject
    History

    Members of the Leicester branch of the British Korean Veterans’ Association talk about their memories of the Korean War. [67 minutes]

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  4. Irish Rebellion 1916, The (2016)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 180 minutes), $19.99

    Narrated by Liam Neeson, this programme commemorates the Easter Rising with a combination of rarely-seen archival footage, new segments filmed on location worldwide, and interviews with leading experts. The...

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  5. Howard Zinn’s Emma (2016)

    Director
    Bruce Grund
    Producer
    Bruce Grund
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 104 minutes), $350.00

    Filmed performance of Howard Zinn’s stage play ‘Emma’, a dramatisation of the life of Emma Goldman, the anarchist, feminist, and free-spirited thinker who was exiled from the United States because of...

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  6. Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism (2016)

    Subject
    Architecture

    Jonathan Meades investigates the architecture of Mussolini’s Italy. He finds a dictator caught between the forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome.

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  7. Economics is for Everyone (2016)

    Subject
    Economics

    Animation. Economist Ha-Joon Chang explains why it is important for everyone to understand basic economics. He clarifies the often mystifying language of derivatives and quantitative easing, and explains how...

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  8. Alan Turing: Reflections on His Personal Life (2016)

    Subject
    Information technology

    To what extent did Alan Turing influence the evolution of modern computing? The 20th Century mathematician is considered by many to be the father of computer science. Aside from his contribution to maths...

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  9. Sarah Ansari - At the Crossroads? Exploring Sindh’s Recent Past from a Spatial Perspective (2015)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government

    Audio. Inaugural lecture delivered by Professor Sarah Ansari at the Windsor Auditorium, Royal Holloway, University of London on 17 February 2015. From a ‘sleepy backwater’ under the British Raj to the...

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  10. Napoleon (2015)

    Director
    David Barrie
    Subject
    History; Military Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3x50 mins.), £595

    2015 marks 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo. The three-part series sheds new light on Napoleon as an extraordinarily gifted military commander and a mesmeric leader whose private life - contrary to...

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