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  1. Meet the Immigrants (2008)

    Subject
    Geography; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180), £17.99

    This DVD contains the six programmes from the BBC1 observational documentary series which looks at the lives of several members of the new wave of inward migration into the UK. It takes the audience into...

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  2. Not So Great Railway Journeys (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Mike Robinson
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    As British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, railway services are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and delayed trains. Examines whether the government’s railway privatisation...

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  3. Changing Face of Poverty, The (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Examines the recommendations of the Beveridge Report of 1942 on which was based the consensus on the Welfare State in Britain, which lasted into the 1970s.

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  4. Course Review (D211) (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Starts with a discussion between Geoffrey Pearson and Steven Davies about the role of evidence in the social sciences, and continues with A.H. Halsey being interviewed by John Clarke about the development of...

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  5. Journey’s End (1988 Video)

    Director
    Michael Simpson
    Producer
    Shaun Sutton
    Subject
    Drama; History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 109 min.

    Drama by R C Sheriff of life in the trenches showing World War 1 through the eyes of a group of British officers.

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  6. Question of Evidence, A (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the history of crime from the 19th century to the present from two different points of view. Geoff Pearson begins the programme by tracing hooliganism from the 1950s back to the 1890s. Steven Davies...

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  7. Why Care? (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Examines the decision making involved when a child or young person is taken into care. Looks at the history of residential care from the time of Thomas Coram and his Foundling Hospital through to Dr...

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  8. Facts Don’t Speak for Themselves (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Clare Falkner
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Scenes of conflict at the Orgreave coking plant, taken from BBC News, are analysed to show how different theoretical viewpoints can lead to different interpretations of the facts. Examines the controversy...

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  9. Nancy (198 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col.

    Filmed at Nancy Astor’s house on Plymouth Hoe, and at the Cliveden estate in Berkshire and the House of Commons, the portrait of Lady Astor includes rare film of her campaigning, as well as contemporary...

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  10. Stand Up and Be Counted (3 Parts) (1977 Film)

    Director
    Michael Rabiger
    Producer
    Stephen Peet
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Reports on five unrelated protests and ‘concerns of conscience’ that moved people to protest during the years 1914-1936. Part 1: Reports on five unrelated protests and ‘concerns of conscience’ which...

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