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  1. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2019)

    Director
    Bill Morrison
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 121 minutes), £10.76

    Named as one of the best films of 2017 by more than 100 critics worldwide, this film tells the true story of a long-lost collection of over 500 nitrate film prints dating from the early 1900s found buried in...

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  2. Queerama: A Century of Gay Rights and Desires on Film (2018)

    Director
    Daisy Asquith
    Subject
    Film studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes plus extras), £12.99

    QUEERAMA takes the viewer through a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride....

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  3. Show of Shows DVD, The (2016)

    Director
    Benedikt Erlinsson
    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £10.00

    This film tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and vaudeville and fairground attractions. In this film, rarities and never-before-seen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment,...

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  4. From Scotland with Love (2014)

    Director
    Virginia Heath
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £9.99

    Virginia Heath’s film consists entirely of Scottish film archive material. It explores Scotland’s past, focusing particularly on themes of work, leisure and migration.

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  5. Future on Rail, A (2014)

    Producer
    Edgar Anstey
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 747 minutes), £29.99

    Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding...

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  6. British Transport Films Collection Volume Twelve: The Driving Force (2014)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    Following the nationalisation of public transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1st May 1949, British Transport Films was led for 25...

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  7. From the Sea to the Land Beyond (2013)

    Director
    Penny Woolcock
    Producer
    Mark Atkin
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 73 minutes), £19.99

    Using footage taking from four main sources at the British Film Institute - the Mitchell and Kenyon collection; Topical Budget newsreels; public information films from the COI collection and travelogues from...

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  8. Coi Collection Vol. 8: Your Children and You (2013)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 185 minutes), £19.99

    The BFI continues its series of releases from the COI archive with this double-disc collection of films made by the UK government about childhood and children. From post-war films made to promote healthy...

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  9. Complete Humphrey Jennings, The: Volume Three: A Diary for Timothy (2013)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 218 minutes), £19.99

    This is the third and final volume of the British Film Institute’s Dual Format (DVD and Blu-ray) releases that collect the complete directorial output of Humphrey Jennings. It includes the films he made...

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  10. New Britain, The (2013)

    Director
    Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Keene; Roy Boulting; Charles Hasse; John Page
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 79 minutes), £16.33

    A collection of British wartime propaganda films made to boost optimism and showing how the armed forces and civilians stood up to the Nazi threat. THE NEW BRITAIN (1940). With great optimism, Britain...

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