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  1. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

    Director
    Peter Jackson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 95 minutes), £9.99

    Using state of the art technology to restore original archival footage which is more than a 100-years old, Jackson’s film brings to life the people who can best tell this story: the men who fought in the...

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  2. Tracking the Emergence of New Words Across Time and Space (2015)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Media studies

    Podcast. Dr Jack Grieve, Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics at Aston University, asserts that very little is known about how new words spread in language. New words are regularly identified by lexicographers,...

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  3. 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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  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. Roundabout - 1963: A Year in Colour (2013)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £19.99

    In the 1960s the UK Government, through the Central Office of Information (COI), produced a number of films for overseas distribution. Essentially designed to promote British industry and values abroad,...

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  6. London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social welfare

    Video recording of a lecture held on 7 March 2012 in the series ‘The Lost Hospitals of London’ organised by Gresham College. (53 minutes) In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of...

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  7. British Transport Films Collection Volume Ten: London on the Move (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 250 minutes), £19.99

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

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  8. Look at Life: Volume 5 - Cultural Heritage (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 640 minutes), £10.96

    This collection presents 64 films from the LOOK AT LIFE series encompassing Britain’s cultural heritage in all its forms and documenting a fascinating era of change - from the rebuilding of post-War...

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  9. Look at Life: Volume 6 - World Affairs (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 720 minutes), £14.39

    This collection from the LOOK AT LIFE series presents films encompassing world affairs in the 1960s, from a visit behind the Iron Curtain to the fun and sun of Copacabana beach, from the plight of Tibetan...

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  10. Look at Life: Volume 7 - Business and Industry (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 552 minutes), £10.07

    This collection from the LOOK AT LIFE series presents sixty films whose subjects cover the broad range of business and industry: from building cars to growing tulips and from deep-sea trawling to...

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