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  • 2021
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    Baby Girl

    Baby Girl

    1 2021 HD

    Cunenk grew up as a girl trapped in a boy’s body. She could not wait to leave her village and become a performer.

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    Falhan's Love

    Falhan's Love

    1 2021 HD

    Untung and Nesti really love their 6 year old son who has autism. Their daily life becomes more challenging because both of their parents are...

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  • 1943
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    The Life History of the Onion

    The Life History of the Onion

    1 1943 HD

    The film shows speeded-up germination of the seed to form roots and shoot, at whose base the leaves later form a bulb. The flower produces pollen...

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  • 1943
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    Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming

    Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming

    1 1943 HD

    A documentary on modern British farming.

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  • 1946
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    Triumph Over Deafness

    Triumph Over Deafness

    1 1946 HD

    Instead of learning sign-language, deaf children are taught to speak and lip-read so that they might interact with others as easily as possible. This...

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  • 1945
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    Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2

    Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. I: Julius Caesar - The Forum Scene - Act III. Scene 2

    1 1945 HD

    The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to...

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  • 1942
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    The Life Cycle of the Maize

    The Life Cycle of the Maize

    1 1942 HD

    Part of the archive's Junior Biology series, this study of maize is aided by diagrammatic, time-lapse, and microscopic footage.

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    Development of the English Town

    Development of the English Town

    1 1943 HD

    A brisk visual summary of the changing faces of the English town throughout the ages, from the ancients and their hill-forts to the Second World War...

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    Coastal Village

    Coastal Village

    1 1943 HD

    A British documentary about the coastal villages at war time.

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  • 1945
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    Cambridge

    Cambridge

    1 1945 HD

    An introduction to the famous and historic university town, showing the colleges, as well as the place itself.

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    Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I

    Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I

    1 1945 HD

    This short film features two atmospheric scenes from Shakespeare's famous tragedy: Act II Scene 2, the murder scene, and Act V Scene 1, with Lady...

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  • 2019
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    Divided We Scroll

    Divided We Scroll

    1 2019 HD

    'Divided We Scroll' is an eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with technology.

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  • 2018
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    Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead

    Think About the Beautiful Future Ahead

    1 2018 HD

    Historically, the queer community has not been portrayed in mainstream culture as being capable of protecting children and young people. Yet my uncle...

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  • 1946
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    English Criminal Justice

    English Criminal Justice

    1 1946 HD

    Dramatically told, English Criminal Justice takes us on a journey through the principles and procedures of the various courts of law in Britain.

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  • 1958
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    Coventry Cathedral

    Coventry Cathedral

    1 1958 HD

    A documentary feature with Basil Spence explaining, with the aid of a model, the concepts behind the design of the new Coventry Cathedral to replace...

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  • 1942
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    Song of the Clyde

    Song of the Clyde

    1 1942 HD

    A film of the Clyde, from its source at Elvanfoot to its mouth at Glasgow, from rivulet to mighty waterway. Street scenes in Glasgow, shots of...

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  • 1944
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    Power Lines

    Power Lines

    1 1944 HD

    The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and...

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  • 2020
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    Let My Body Speak

    Let My Body Speak

    1 2020 HD

    Our bodies store memories. The body does not forget. A childhood in Damascus, OCD, the revolution, falling in love with a woman. My body remembers,...

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  • 2008
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    Media & Diversity

    Media & Diversity

    1 2008 HD

    British Council's public campaign, consisting of 5 TV clips with brief and vivid messages on inclusion issues related to race, physical disability,...

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  • 1939
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    These Children Are Safe

    These Children Are Safe

    1 1939 HD

    A Record of the Great Social Experiment of "Evacuation". During the first three days of war one million children were moved to places of safety in...

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