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  1. British Transport Films Collection Vol. 5: Off the Beaten Track (2007)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 304 minutes), £19.99

    The fifth in the series of double DVD box sets of films from the BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the post-war thirst for visual teaching and educational entertainment and the nationalisation of...

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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. Peter Whitehead and the Sixties (2007)

    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £14.99

    Filmmaker Peter Whitehead was at the heart of Swinging London, chronicling the youth explosion, the burgeoning popular music scene and the counterculture of the 1960s. Two of his films are now released for...

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  5. British Transport Films Collection Vol. 6: The Art of Travel (2007)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £19.99

    The sixth in the series of double DVD box sets of films from the BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own...

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  6. Racism: A History (2007)

    aka: Race Through Time

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 50 minutes), £585(series) £195 (each part)

    A 3-part documentary series chronicling the shifts in the idea of ‘race’ and the history of racism in Europe, The Americas, Australasia and Asia. The films show how ideas of racial difference have...

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  7. Story of God, The (3 Parts) (2007)

    Subject
    History; Philosophy; Psychology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 50 minutes), £435 (series) £195 (each part)

    Every civilisation in history has been founded on a belief in a higher power that tells us where we come from, what we do, who we are. For some, religion has no place in the modern world - its force and...

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  8. Discover Your Family History (2006)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 82 minutes), £14.99

    A step-by-step guide showing beginners how to trace their family history in the UK. Covers the topics of civil registration, census, using the Family Records centre, wills, parish registers, visiting record...

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  9. 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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  10. Free Cinema (DVD) (2006)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 314 +161 minutes), £29.99

    A compilation, on three discs, of 16 documentary films about British working-class life produced by the ‘Free Cinema’ movement. This highly influential but critically neglected movement in British...

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