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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. RÈgle du Jeu, La (1939)

    Subject
    French studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 152 minutes), £19.99

    Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as ‘demoralising’ and unpatriotic, La Règle du jeu (The Rules of...

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  8. Face of Scotland, The (1938 Video)

    Director
    Basil Wright
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £15.99

    Seven films from the Films of Scotland Collection. All restored and produced from digitally transferred high definition masters for superb picture and sound quality. The programme comprises: Seawards the...

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  9. Horsey Mail, The (1938 Video)

    Director
    Pat Jackson
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 9 min.

    When the sea wall at Winterton in East Norfolk gives way and Horsey village and many outlying farms become islands in the water, it is more difficult for postman Claude Simmonds to make his daily round. Van...

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  10. Wealth of a Nation (1938 Film, Video)

    Director
    Donald Alexander
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Scotland’s industry and community involvement in the changing economic landscape. A film made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow.

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