Ltd Artsmagic
Publisher
Distributed by BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's life provides an overview of her life from birth to death. It discusses how she lived and worked, and her relationships with those who knew her. It also includes a visit to the places where Austen lived.
Jane Austen's society discusses the times during which Austen lived and wrote. It provides an overview of what life was like in England during the 18th century.
Jane Austen's works discusses the development of her six novels, using...
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
From the rolling hills of Perthshire to the jagged mountains of Skye, takes you to one of Great Britain's most outstanding scenic railways journeys, visiting the various tourist attractions along the way. On this spectacular journey you'll see expert glass-blowing, whiskey distilling, the Highland Games, beautiful towns and villages, all amidst the splendor of the Beautiful Scottish Highlands.
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Alice. Alice's adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865, and revolutionized children's writing. This program explores the tragic and impossible love affair that underlay the creation of this work of comic and verbal genius. (ca. 80 min.) (2010).
The Life of Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll was a truly gifted man, an accomplished writer and photographer, as well as a mathematician, logician and an Anglican deacon. (ca. 75 min.) (2009)
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
From the heart of the Yorkshire Dales to the majestic city of Carlisle, the program takes you on one of the most outstanding scenic journeys, visiting the many tourist attractions along the way. Ancient castles, falconry, rare animals, and delightful towns and villages are all overlooked by spectacular limestone scenery, wild fells, and beautiful greenery of the Wide Eden Valley.
Publisher
Artsmagic Ltd
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This film presents a brief biography of Jane Austen (16 December 1775-18 July 1817), and explores the landscapes where she spent her life. Austen lived her entire life as part of a small and close-knit family located on the lower fringes of English gentry, and her works analyze the novels of sensibility of the second half of the eighteenth century. Austen's biting social commentary was aimed at moral issues, principally the dependence of women on...
7) The bitch of Buchenwald: a history of Buchenwald Death Camp & its notorious commandante, Ilse Koch
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Describes the most famous German accused of having committed atrocities during World War II. Ilse Koch has won a diabolic kind of immortality as the lady with the lampshade made from human skin. Puts her career in context of the German Nazi era. As the wife of a concentration camp commander, she was to grow accustomed to a privileged existence. Her lifestyle was financed mainly through embezzlement. Her activities saw her brought before a court of...
11) George Eliot
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at Marian Evans, and her pious childhood up into adulthood, before emerging as novelist George Eliot, author of 'Adam Bede'; ' Silas Marner'; 'Daniel Deronda' and more.
Publisher
Artsmagic DVD
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
An overview of English life and society during the social changes and political intrigue of Regency England in the time of Jane Austen. Her keen and witty correspondence to her sister Cassandra are an insight into Jane's personal impression of the world she inhabited. An exploration of places and discussion of people who influenced her works are also examined.
Publisher
ArtsMagic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The Classic U.S. combat aircraft of WWI programs tell the story, through a series of classic war planes, of the development of the combat aircraft of the Second World War. Each machine was produced to meet a specific requirement, usually to meet or beat the capabilities of an existing enemy or a potential aggressor. The B-17 Flying Fortress was designed from 1934 to meet a US Army Air Corps requirement for a multi-engined bomber to protect the American...
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Examines the coming together of the writer, Lewis Carroll, and the little girl named Alice who inspired him, the society they inhabited, their relationship that is still the subject of much controversy, and the effect it had on their subsequent lives.
Publisher
Artsmagic
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
日本語
Description
Workaholic Tokyo salaryman Wada (Masashiro Motoki) ventures into deepest, darkest China to investigate a massive deposit of high-quality jade. Tailing him is Ujiie (Renji Ishibashi), a snarling yakuza hell-bent on getting Wada's company to repay its debts. Led by their unflappable guide, Shun (Mako), the two go through rural villages and striking landscapes, quickly leaving behind all signs of the 20th century. As the trail grows narrower and more...
Publisher
Artsmagic DVD
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Charts the life of the creator of Mr. Toad, Ratty, Badger, Mole and a host of other best loved characters. On the surface, Grahame's career was a spectacular success, rising in the City of London to become Secretary of the Bank of England, and making himself into a best-selling author in his spare time. Underneath this was to be found a diffident man of no great ambition, who was at his happiest frittering away his life in boats or traveling. The...