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  1. Ration Books and Rabbit Pies: Films from the Home Front (2016)

    Subject
    Film studies; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 151 minutes), £19.99

    A selection of public information films, propaganda shorts and adverts from the BFI National Archive. Originally shown in cinemas to British audiences during the Second World War, these films served to boost...

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  2. Halas & Batchelor Short Film Collection, The (2016)

    Director
    John Halas; Joy Batchelor
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (BR Region B, 139 minutes), £9.18

    Animation. This collection of eighteen short films presents a necessarily selective view of the output of the British animation company, from 1948 - 1981. A useful range of extras includes ‘An Animated...

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  3. 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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  4. Captured (2013)

    Director
    John Krish
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 62 minutes), £19.99

    Never commercially released before and previously only shown to a highly restricted audience of top military brass from the Ministry of Defence, CAPTURED (1959) is a stunning POW drama and a lost gem of...

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  5. Public Information Films of the British Home Front: The First World War (2013)

    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £16.99

    This release brings together a collection of information films during World War I, made in order to promote co-operation and support among civilians. More than 25 official cartoons, trailers and short films...

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  6. Coi Collection: Vol 7: The Queen on Tour (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £19.99

    To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this seventh compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information (COI) presents colour footage of the Queen and the Royal Family travelling the...

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  7. Birds and the Bees, The (2011)

    aka: Joy of Sex Education, The

    Subject
    Health Education; History; Media studies; Medical sciences; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 338 minutes), £19.99

    From the impenetrably euphemistic to the breathtakingly explicit, this intriguing anthology of 16 films takes us through 60 years of sex education in Britain from the 1910s to the 1970s. All ‘unmentionable...

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  8. Coi Collection: Vol 6 - Worth the Risk? (2011)

    Subject
    Health & safety; History; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 215 minutes), £19.99

    This sixth compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information examines the issue of ‘risk’ in our everyday lives. Complimenting the safety messages in Volume Four, STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!, the...

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  9. Coi Collection: Vol 5 - Portrait of a People (2011)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 291 minutes), £19.99

    The fifth volume in the COI collection, PORTRAIT OF A POEPLE, proudly looks at Britain and its people. Promoting an idealised notion of Britain has often been at the forefront of COI film production: from...

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  10. Coi Collection: Vol 3 They Stand Ready (2011)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 291 minutes), £19.99

    This third compilation of COI films helps paint a positive picture of life in the Services. The films include morale-boosting documentaries, propaganda items and numerous recruitment films, which placed...

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