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  1. Nuer, The (1970 Film)

    Director
    George Briedenbach; Robert Gardner; Hilary Harris
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Nuer, well known from the work of Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, live as transhumant herdsmen and millet farmers in the swamps and open plains close to the Nile and two of its major tributaries in the Sudan...

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  2. Douceur du Village, La (1964 Film)

    aka: Quiet Village in Vietnam, A

    Director
    François Reichenbach
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Sociological study of life in a French village. Music by Michel Legrand.

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  3. Land Dayaks of Sarawak, The (196 Film)

    Director
    William R Geddes
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A straightforward presentation of the daily life of a land dayak longhouse village as it was in about 1960, with material on the growing of rice, fishing, the collection of wild vegetables and fruits, food...

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  4. Forties Scotland (1948 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 75 min.

    Three COI films of the 1940s reflecting urban and rural life in Scotland. WAVERLEY STEPS (1948) looks at Edinburgh and its people, CROFTERS (1944) at a highland community apparently hardly changed by the...

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  5. West of Inverness (1946 Video)

    Director
    Stephen Durell
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 10 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    A short film about the problems faced by a rural community and the increasing role for the railway. Highlights the growing dependence on the outside world for provisional and goods.

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  6. Children Must Learn, The (1941 Film)

    Director
    Willard Van Dyke
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Scenes of life and schoolwork in an American country district illustrate the argument that to be of value, education should not be merely academic but should bear a clear relationship to the lives of the...

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  7. Twenty-Four Square Miles (194 Video)

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 40 min.

    Made in rural Oxfordshire in the 1940s the film followed from intensive research into the socio-economic circumstances of a single 24-square-mile area. The original research was incorporated in C S Orwin’s...

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  8. Plow That Broke the Plains, The (1936 Video)

    Director
    Pare Lorentz
    Subject
    Agriculture; History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The first US Federal Government documentary intended to be shown publicly. This is a graphic description of the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains. Indicates steps already taken by the New Deal agencies to tackle...

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  9. Our Daily Bread (1934 Video)

    aka: Miracle of Life, The 1

    Director
    King Vidor
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 109 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Tells the story of a young couple in financial trouble who decide to take over an abandoned farm owned by the husband’s uncle. With the help of a local Swedish farmer they make it productive, and gradually...

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  10. Harvests of the Soil

    Director
    John C. Elder; Alan Harper; Adam H. Malcolm; Ken Neil
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 62 minutes), £16.33

    A collection of agricultural films from Scotland, covering different aspects of farming with classic films and farmers’ commentaries. The films are as follows: AYRSHIRE DAIRY FARMER (1967, colour), the...

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