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  1. Glasgow’s Docklands (1956 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 11 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    An evocation of a city on the eve of massive change. The streets aroundthe Broomielaw, the hustle and bustle of the docks set against a background of traditional songs and observations on life along the...

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  2. Let Glasgow Flourish (1956 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 16 min., 2001 sale: £12.99 (inc VAT +p&p)

    The people’s protests against Glasgow Corporation’s proposal to sell of council housing stock on the Merrylee estate.

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  3. On the Bowery (1955 Film)

    aka: Skid Row

    Director
    Lionel Rogosin
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the alcoholics of New York’s Bowery district and society’s contempt for them.

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  4. O Dreamland (1953 Film)

    Director
    Lindsay Anderson
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shown in the first ‘Free Cinema’ programme, shows director Lindsay Anderson’s distaste for the noisy vulgarity of Margate’s Dreamland funfair. A critique is mounted through a careful montage of...

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  5. Wakefield Express (1953 Film)

    Director
    Lindsay Anderson
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A study of a traditional industrial community seen through the columns of its local newspaper.

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  6. Best of British Transport Films, The (1952)

    Subject
    Film studies; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 379 minutes), £24.99

    In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the British Transport Films in 2019, the BFI is releasing a 2-disc Blu-ray set that gathers together 21 films representing the cream of the celebrated BTF...

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  7. Family Portrait (1951 Video)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 25 min.

    The last film directed by Humphrey Jennings and made for the Festival of Britain in 1951, the film shows the British in everyday life, in the arts and in the sciences. Surveys the achievements of...

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  8. 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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  9. Highland Doctor (1943)

    Director
    Kay Mander
    Subject
    Health Education; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 119 minutes), £20.41

    Kay Mander kept training and social issues to the fore in the 1940s with her innovative documentaries. This DVD comprises a collection of her films of social issues of the day. HIGHLAND DOCTOR (1943) This...

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  10. Mony a Pickle (1939 Video)

    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 11 min.

    A slightly tongue-in-cheedk comedy on the theme of thrift, which was made for the Scottish Post Office Savings Bank. It is divided into an introduction and five short episodes, the most ambitious of which...

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