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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. America in the Fifties: Let’s Play House (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    This compilation illustrates the gulf between the roles demanded by the idealised and relentlessly promoted American family and the reality of life. Femininst Betty Friedan gives voice to the many who fail...

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  7. America in the Fifties: Selling the American Way (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at how television was used in the 1950s to sell consumer dreams and political deception in the USA. Rosser Reeves devised advertisements for cigarettes, headache remedies and presidents; Richard Nixon...

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  8. America in the Fifties: The Beat (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the beginnings of pop music and pop culture, strongly influenced by Elvis Presley and Beat poet Jack Kerouac. However, the country’s underlying racist disregard for civil rights comes to...

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  9. America in the Fifties: The Fear and the Dream (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    After World War 2, Americans were gripped by new terrors: rising Soviet military power and the spectre of nuclear annihiliation. Sheltered in rapidly expanding suburbs, newly affluent couples...

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  10. America in the Fifties: The Rage Within (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nancy Button
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    One of a series documenting American life and culture in the 1950s. The fabled good life delivers peace and plenty to white America, but bypasses black Americans. Depicts the struggle that black Americans...

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