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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. Policing London in the 70s (2008)

    Subject
    History; Law; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £14.99

    Available for the first time on DVD, 4 films from the Metropolitan Police archive vividly capturing the work of police officers in London during the 1970s. Violent and uncompromising, these films reflect the...

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  3. Simon Schama’s American Future: A History (2008)

    Subject
    Economics; Geography; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £25.99

    As the United States prepares for the 2008 election, historian Simon Schama presents a personal view of how America arrived at where it is today, and the challenges it faces for the future. With the US...

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  4. Bigot Songs: Ethnic Prejudice Recordings (2008)

    Subject
    History; Music; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 180 minutes), $9.95

    Phonograph and cylinder recordings from the early 1900s, featuring songs celebrating prejudices society is still freeing itself from. Over 180 minutes packed into 75 MP3s on 1 CD. For full title list see...

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  5. Design 1 (2007)

    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 156 minutes), £25.99

    The DVD features the 6 26-minute programmes in a series that places the art of design in its sociological and technological context. The programmes tell the story of the 20th century through six industrial...

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  6. Passion for Churches, A (2007)

    Subject
    Architecture; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.99

    Sir John Betjeman applies a wry but affectionate scrutiny to the churches, clergy and parishioners of Norfolk in this television programme first broadcast in 1974. Betjeman opens our eyes to the...

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  7. Salesman (2007)

    Director
    Albert Maysles; David Maysles
    Subject
    Business studies; Psychology; Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

    Honoured by the Library of Congress as one of the 25 best American films ever made, SALESMAN is a fascinating, non-narrated account of four Boston bible sellers, selling lavish bibles to low income families....

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  8. Paris (2007)

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

    Parisian historian, Sandrine Viollet reveals the art, literature and music of Paris in this revealing mixture of cultural history, travel guide and insight into contemporary Paris life.

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  9. How we Built Britain (2007)

    Subject
    Architecture; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £19.99

    A series of six programmes in which David Dimbleby travels around the country to present a social history of the nation through its buildings, revealing a thousand years of change written in architecture.

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  10. Mitchell & Kenyon Edwardian Sports (2007)

    Director
    Sagar Mitchell; James Kenyon
    Subject
    Film studies; History; Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minutes), £19.99

    The collection of films on this DVD offers an unparalleled opportunity to see and learn about sporting action at the beginning of the twentieth century. Over a century ago, filmmakers Sagar Mitchell and...

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