Documentary masterpieces : five documentaries circa 1931 to 1960 by John Grierson.
A compilation of documentary films. Industrial Britain examines Britain's factories and mines during the early 1930s. A colour box is an experimental film in which abstract images dance across the screen to Latin music. Granton trawler is about fishermen engaged in dragnet fishing off the coast...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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Burbank, Calif. :
Hollywood's Attic,
1996.
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| Summary: | A compilation of documentary films. Industrial Britain examines Britain's factories and mines during the early 1930s. A colour box is an experimental film in which abstract images dance across the screen to Latin music. Granton trawler is about fishermen engaged in dragnet fishing off the coast of Scotland. The private lives of the gannets is a study of the behavior patterns and lives of a bird colony of gannets situated on Grassholm Island, Wales. Seawards the great ships examines the Clyde River in Scotland to observe men assembling materials, constructing and launching a variety of vessels. |
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| Item Description: | Title on cassette container: Documentary masterpieces by John Grierson. Videocassette release of the five documentary motion pictures produced betwen 1931 and 1960. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (78 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |