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  1. Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930 - 1950 (2008)

    Director
    Paul Rotha; Arthur Elton; Basil Wright; Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 720 minutes), £34.99

    A collection of 40 films from the British documentary movement during its period of greatest influence. These films capture the spirit and strength, concerns and resolve of Britain and its people before,...

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  2. Open Road, The (2007)

    Director
    Claude Friese-Greene
    Subject
    Film studies; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 64 minutes), £11.99

    In the summer of 1924 Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of colour cinematography, recorded life on the road between Land’s End and John O’Groats. This travelogue was conceived as a series of 26 shorts to...

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  3. This is England (2007)

    Director
    Shane Meadows
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (102 minutes), £19.99

    A look back at British working-class life in the early eighties through the eyes of young Shaun who becomes friends with a gang of older skinheads. All is well until the nationalist, Combo, comes on the...

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  4. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The (2007 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £12.99

    Based on the definitive written work by William Shirer, the Berlin chief of CBS News who covered events in the Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis via his radio broadcasts to the USA. Here graphically...

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  5. Look at Life: Swinging London (2006)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132 minutes), £14.99

    Sixteen films from the colourful LOOK AT LIFE series, produced by the Rank Organisation every week for screening in Odeon cinemas between 1960 and 1969. Stories covered include the boutiques of Carnaby...

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  6. Universal Newsreels (2006)

    Subject
    Film Studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 120 minutes each approx), $19.95 each

    A series of compilations of American Universal Newsreels, each consisting of a selection of stories covering world events from one or more years, spanning the period 1932 - 1967.

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  7. Heimat: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings - Set 3 (2004)

    Subject
    German studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 750 minutes), £59.99

    The third part of Edgar Reitz’s Heimat trilogy and the chronicle of a decisive decade in Germany’s history, taking the story from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the eve of the new millennium.

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  8. Fall of Eagles (2004)

    Subject
    Drama; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 690 minutes), £49.99

    The classic1974 BBC dramatisation of the declining years and final collapse of three of the most powerful European dynasties - the Hapsburgs, Romanovs and Hohenzollerns - between the mid-19th century and the...

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  9. Force More Powerful, A: A Century of Non-Violent Struggle (2003)

    Subject
    HISTORY & POLITICS CATALOGUES; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 6 x 30 minutes), £30.00 (+VAT) each

    A series of six half-hour programmes tracing the use of non-violent struggle around the world in the 20th century. Highlighting examples from various countries, the series identifies the elements of...

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  10. America in the Fifties: A Burning Desire (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    In a time of social claustrophobia and pervasive sexual taboos, Hugh Hefner launched ‘Playboy’, the Kinsey Report was published and the Pill first became available, setting the stage for the sexual...

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