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The late nineteenth century saw many discoveries and new technologies that transformed clinical medicine. A different kind of invention from this period came to be seen as an essential weapon in the war...
A CD-ROM exploring Russian cinema before 1919 in the context of life and culture in pre-revolutionary Russia. There are over 100 film clips (55 mins), 74 minutes of analysis and commentary by film scholar...
No. 4 in the series on the history of dance films is a compilation of works made for camera by one of the first major choreographers to investigate the potential of the medium for dance. It features works...
Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate changes in the way leisure time has been spent during the 20th century. Looks at popular music, including Elvia Presley, the growth of cinema and...
Selections from the series of dance films made by the American avant-garde film-maker Maya Deren in the 1940s and 1950s. It contains Talley Beatty’s A Study in Choreography for the Camera, Frank...
No. 3 in the series on the history of dance films is a compilation of 9 films made between 1920 and 1989. Includes Opus II, III & IV, by Walter Ruttmann; Emak Bakia by Man Ray; La Marche des Machines by...
Explores Australian cinema from the beginning of the century, linking the high-tech narratives of film-making and the ancient Aboriginal creation myth of ‘the dreaming’. Examines such pictures WALKABOUT...
Based on an idea by Krzysztof Kieslowski, the film focuses on the cinema audience, using interviews with children, the elderly, and the visually impaired to evoke the magic and power of Polish cinema through...
Slides of an exhibition held at the RIBA Heinz Gallery 3 Feb-5 May 1996, which traced the development of cinema architecture in Britain. Arranged chronologically, the set first examines the earliest drawings...
Film director Stanley Kwan traces the evolution of his identity as a gay man through the films he grew up with, demonstrating that Chinese cinema (from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China) has dealt with...
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