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Index to other materials in the Bain Graffy Film Collection, held by UCL SSEES Library.

The Call numbers of the discs and tapes on which these films are held are given after the entries. Follow the link to retrieve full details.

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For DVD material the original language is indicated, together with brief details of the subtitle options. Many of the DVDs in the collection offer optional subtitles in a range of languages. For further information on these language options, follow the link.

Collection contents

Films are entered under the following sections:

Animation

McKIMSON, Robert

  • The Super Snooper 1951, 7 minutes, in English
    Call number DVD-4000

Documentaries

  • Le 17ème parallèle [The Seventeenth Parallel] directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, 1968, 113 minutes, in French with optional Dutch and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5584
  • The 400 Million, directed by Joris Ivens and Hohn Ferno (Fernhout), USA, 1939, 54 minutes seconds, in English with optional Dutch subtitles
    Call number DVD-5582
  • ...à Valparaiso [...In Valparaiso] directed by Joris Ivens, 1963, 26 minutes 38 seconds, in French with optional Dutch and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5583
  • Australian Wines, 1931, 2 minutes, 38 seconds, in English
    Call number DVD-3663 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3664 (DVD)
  • Beside the Seaside, directed by Marion Grierson, 1935, 21 minutes 42 seconds, in English
    Call number DVD-5826 (Blu ray disc)
  • Borinage, directed by Joris Ivens, Henri Storck and John Fernhout, 1934, 33 minutes 35 seconds, French and Dutch titles with optional English subtitles, silent with no added music score
    Call number DVD-5582
  • De Brug [The Bridge] directed by Joris Ivens, 1928, 13 minutes 58 seconds, no titles, silent with no added music track
    Call number DVD-5581
  • Cinemafia. Rencontre 1 [Cinemafia. Encounter 1] directed by Jean Rouch, 1980, 33 minutes 5 seconds, in French with optional Dutch and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5585
  • Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes. Une histoire de ballon [How Yukong Moved the Mountains. The Football Incident] directed by Joris Ivens, 1976, 20 minutes 47 seconds, English commentary and voiceover version
    Call number DVD-5584
  • Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes. La pharmacie. Shanghai [How Yukong Moved the Mountains. Pharmacy. Shanghai] directed by Joris Ivens, 1976, 81 minutes, English commentary and voiceover version
    Call number DVD-5584
  • The Country Comes to Town, 1933, directed by Basil Wright, 21 minutes, 17 seconds, in English
    Call number DVD-3663 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3664 (DVD)
  • Creativity in Exile (eight pieces), 2004, in English
    Call number DVD-4051
  • Dragons' Den. Series 1, 2005, 348 minutes, in English
    Call number DVD-1461 Episodes 1-3, 174 minutes
    Call number DVD-1462 Episodes 4-6, 174 minutes
  • Drifters, directed by John Grierson, 1929, 41 minutes, English intertitles
    Call number DVD-3479 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3480 (DVD)
  • Études des mouvements à Paris [Studies in Movements in Paris] directed by Joris Ivens, 1927, 4 minutes 17 seconds, no titles, silent with no added music track
    Call number DVD-5581
  • The Face of Britain, 1935, directed by Paul Rotha, 18 minutes, 23 seconds, in English
    Call number DVD-3663 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3664 (DVD)
  • Granton Trawler, directed by John Grierson, 1934, 11 minutes, English intertitles
    Call number DVD-3479 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3480 (DVD)
  • Une histoire de vent [A Story of Wind] directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan, 1988, 77 minutes, in French with optional Dutch and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5585
  • Les hommes de la forêt 21 [The Men of Forest 21] directed by Julien Samani, 2007, 54 minutes, in French with optional French and English subtitles and with optional French and English narration
    Call number DVD-5731
  • Indonesia Calling, directed by Joris Ivens, 1946, 22 minutes 50 seconds, in English with optional Dutch subtitles
    Call number DVD-5583
  • Joris Ivens digital [Joris Ivens Digital] directed by Rens van Meegen, 2008, 13 minutes 30 seconds, in Dutch with optional English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5585
  • La maison vide [The Empty House] directed by Stéphane Breton, 2008, 52 minutes, in Spanish with optional French and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5731
  • La montée au ciel [The Climb to Heaven] directed by Stéphane Breton, 2009, 52 minutes, in Nepalese with optional French and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5732
  • Nieuwe Gronden [New Earth] directed by Joris Ivens, 1933 29 minutes 9 seconds, in Dutch with optional English and French subtitles
    Call number DVD-5581
    Call number DVD-5581 with new 2005 recording of the Hanns Eisler score
  • Night Mail, 1936, directed by Harry Watt, 22 minutes, 30 seconds, in English
    Call number DVD-3663 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3664 (DVD)
  • North Sea, directed by Harry Watt, 1938, 32 minutes, English intertitles
    Call number DVD-3479 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3480 (DVD)
  • Peschiera / Lago Maggiore e lago di Como / Liguria / Le corse di Mirafiori [Italian travelogues] 1907-1913, restored by La cineteca del Friuli, Gemona, 20 minutes, Italian and English titles with optional German, English and French subtitles, silent with added music track
    Call number DVD-5746
  • Philips Radio, directed by Joris Ivens, 1931, 35 minutes 45 seconds, Dutch titles, optional English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5581
  • Poteriannyi gorod Orkhana Pamuka [Orhan Pamuk's Lost City] 2012, 36 minutes, in Russian
    Call number RD-423
  • Pour le Mistral [For the Mistral] directed by Joris Ivens, 1966, 32 minutes 26 seconds, in French with optional Dutch and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5583
  • Power and the Land, directed by Joris Ivens, 1940, 37 minutes 25 seconds, in English with optional Dutch subtitles
    Call number DVD-5582
  • Primo Circuito Aereo Internazionale di Aeroplane in Brescia [First International Competition for Airplanes in Brescia] 1909, restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, 12 minutes 50 seconds, Italian titles with optional German, English and French subtitles, silent with added music track
    Call number DVD-5746
  • Raymond Bernard, une carrière française [Raymond Bernard. A French Career] directed by Philippe Pierre, no date given, 35 minutes, in French
    Call number DVD-5074
    See also a feature film by Bernard in the Index of Other Materials, and feature films by Bernard in the Index of Feature Films from other countries on Russian, Central European and East European Subjects, and films made in other countries by Directors originally from Russia, Central Europe and Eastern Europe.
  • Regen [Rain] directed by Joris Ivens and Mannus Franken, 1929
    Call number DVD-5581 15 minutes 8 seconds, no titles, silent with no added music track
    Call number DVD-5581 11 minutes 57 seconds, with Lou Lichtveld music (1932)
    Call number DVD-5581 12 minutes 12 seconds, with Hanns Eisler music (1941)
    Call number DVD-5581 15 minutes 8 seconds, with the Lichtveld score newly recorded (2002)
  • Rotterdam - Europoort [Rotterdam - Europort] directed by Joris Ivens, 1966, 20 minutes 27 seconds, in Dutch with optional English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5583
  • La Seine a rencontré Paris [The Seine Has Met Paris] directed by Joris Ivens, 1957, 30 minutes 54 seconds, in French with optional Dutch and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5583
  • Shadow on the Mountains, 1931, directed by Arthur Elton, 20 minutes, 11 seconds, in English
    Call number DVD-3663 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3664 (DVD)
  • Shaping the Future. Doing Business in Russia, 2007, 71 minutes, in English
    Call number DVD-1750
  • Shiwat Zion [Šivat Sion] [Return to Zion] directed by Ya'acov Ben-Dov, 1921, restored by Národní Filmový Archiv, Prague, 74 minutes, Czech-intertitled version with optional German, English and French subtitles, tinted, silent with added music track
    Call number DVD-5749
  • The Spanish Earth, directed by Joris Ivens, 1937, 52 minutes 47 seconds, in English with optional Dutch subtitles, with narration by either Fredric March or Orson Welles
    Call number DVD-5582
  • Témoins. Joris Ivens [Witnesses. Joris Ivens] directed by Robert Destanque, 1983, 60 minutes 18 seconds, in French with optional Dutch and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5585
  • This Year - London, directed by John Krish, 1951, 25 minutes 6 seconds, in English
    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Call number DVD-5826 (Blu ray disc)
  • Tong Dao [L'argent du charbon] [Coal Money] directed by Wang Bing, 2008, 53 minutes, in Chinese with optional French and English subtitles
    Call number DVD-5732
  • Trade Tattoo, directed by Len Lye, 1937, 6 minutes, English intertitles
    Call number DVD-3479 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3480 (DVD)
  • Transes [Trances] directed by Ahmed El Maanouni, 1981, 89 minutes, in Turkish with optional English subtitles
    (a film about the band Nass El Ghiwane)
    Call number DVD-3983 (Blu-ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3984 (DVD)
  • De Wigwam [The Tipi] [Flaming Arrow] directed by Joris Ivens
    Call number DVD-5581 1912, 10 minutes 31 seconds, Dutch titles, optional English subtitles, silent with no added music track
    Call number DVD-5581 1931 version, 7 minutes 37 seconds, Dutch titles with optional English subtitles, silent
  • The Workers' Topical News No. 1, 1930, 4 minutes, 37 seconds, in English
    Call number DVD-3663 (Blu-Ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3664 (DVD)
  • Workingman's Death, directed by Michael Glawogger, 2005, 122 minutes, in English, Mandarin, German, Indonesian, Pashtu, Yoruba, Igbo and Russian with English subtitles
    (the first episode of the film, 'Helden' (Heroes), 28 minutes, is about the work of coal-miners in Krasnyi luch, Ukraine)
    Call number DVD-3129

Feature Films

  • New York, I Love You [As "N´iu-Iork, ia liubliu tebia"] 2008, 99 minutes, Russian or Ukrainian voiceover versions
    Call number DVD-5371

BARE, Richard

  • So You Want to Enjoy Life, 1952, 11 minutes, in English
    Call number DVD-4000

BERGMAN, Ingmar

  • Det Sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal] 1957, in Swedish with optional English subtitles
    Call number DVD-401

BERNARD, Raymond

  • Le Miracle des loups [The Miracle of the Wolves] 1924, 129 minutes, French titles, optional English subtitles, tinted, silent with added music track
    Call number DVD-5071

See also a documentary about Bernard, and see other feature films by Bernard in the Index of Feature Films from other countries on Russian, Central European and East European Subjects, and films made in other countries by Directors originally from Russia, Central Europe and Eastern Europe.

BLOM, August

  • Balletdanserinden [The Ballet Dancer] 1911, 35 minutes, Danish titles with optional English subtitles, silent with added music score
    Call number DVD-4961
  • Den hvide slavehandels sidste offer [Die weisse Sklavin] [The Last Victim of the White Slave Trade] [White Slave Girl] [In the Hands of Impostors] 1911, restored by Det Danske Filminstitut, Kopenhagen / Filmmuseum München, 55 minutes, German titled version with optional English and French subtitles, tinted, silent with added music track
    Call number DVD-5746

De MORLHON, Camille

  • La broyeuse de coeurs [The Heart Breaker] [A Thief of Hearts] 1913, restored by La Cinémathèque Française, Paris, 47 minutes, French titles with optional German and English subtitles, tinted, silent with added music track
    Call number DVD-5747

DREYER, Carl Theodor

  • Glomdalsbruden [The Bride of Glomdal] 1926, 75 minutes, combined Danish and English intertitles, silent with added music score English
    Call number DVD-3900 (Blu-ray disc)

ERKSAN, Metin

  • Susuz yaz [Dry Summer] 1964, 92 minutes, in Turkish with optional English subtitles
    Call number DVD-3981 (Blu-ray disc)
    Call number DVD-3982 (DVD)

GAD, Urban

  • Afgrunden [The Abyss (The Woman Always Pays)] 1910, 37 minutes, Danish titles with optional English subtitles score
    Call number DVD-4961
  • Den sorte drøm [The Black Dream] 1911, 53 minutes, Danish titles with optional English subtitles score
    Call number DVD-4961

See also films by Urban Gad in the Central and East European Feature Films Index, GERMANY section

GARBAGNI, Paul

  • Nick Winter et le vol de la Joconde [Nick Winter and the Theft of the Mona Lisa] 1911, restored by: Gaumont Pathé archives, Paris, 9 minutes 27 seconds, French titles with optional German and English subtitles, silent with added music track
    Call number DVD-5746

GRIFFITH, D.W.

  • The Mothering Heart, 1913, 23 minutes, French intertitles, added music track
    Call number DVD-4399

HOLGER-MADSEN

  • Mod lyset [Towards the Light] 1919, 55 minutes, Danish titles with optional English subtitles score
    Call number DVD-4961

NEILAN, Marshall A.

  • Daddy-Long-Legs, 1919, 100 minutes, English titles with optional German and French subtitles, tinted, silent with added music track, restored
    (also includes the 10-minute unrestored first reel of the Czech version of the film)
    Call number DVD-5748

SIEGEL, Don

  • The Killers, 1964, 95 minutes, in English
    Call number DVD-266

SIODMAK, Robert

  • The Killers, 1946, 103 minutes, in English
    Call number DVD-265

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