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When American comic actor Steve 'Zoo Zoo Zoo Off Come My Pants' Wild arrives in Oxford to make a comedy film, his girlfriend Caroline goes behind his back to enroll in a poetry course. Meanwhile, Hannah Van Hosenstratt comes from New Orleans for the course and is tricked into believing she has a place by the dean, but the professor has other ideas.
Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."
A look at the facilities and character of Oxford University, and the varied experiences that are associated with studying there.
L. M. Guerra, Knight of the University of Oxford; he tries to save our world, spreading the secrets that have been revealed to him.
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Rugby players play the game throughout the city streets.
The Thames, although insignificant compared to the rivers of the continent, has its own charm that painters and poets like Turner, Bonington, Eugène Delacroix, Whistler and Seymour have tried to render on paper or on canvas. In this film no grandiose scenes, just a river of silver flowing placidly between low banks, covered with trees. Here and there we pass through delightful little towns until we get to Windsor and dock in the shade of its famous castle.
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.
A woman struggles with her views on religion, complicated by her attraction to a devout believer.
A young American hustler in Las Vegas spots a rich English Lady. Smitten, he pursues her to England, where his only chance of getting together with her is to enroll in Oxford and join the rowing team.
Greenaway's short documentary shows 26 bathrooms, each representing a letter of the alphabet.
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
John Izzard meets with J. R. R. Tolkien at his home, walking with him through the Oxford locations that he loves while hearing the author's own views about his wildly successful fantasy novels.
Malcolm McLaren, writes, directs and narrates the "history" of Oxford Street. With musical performances by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, Tom Jones, Sinead O'Connor, Happy Mondays and more.
The desperate attempts of an Oxford undergraduate to gain a sporting 'blue' in order to win his beloved's affections.
Directed by Robert W. Paul.
Larry Sanders, brother of Senator Bernie Sanders (Chair of the Senate Budget Committee) is the UK Green Party NHS Spokesperson. This documentary charts his life as a Jewish immigrant born in Brooklyn, to a much loved public servant in Oxford, England.
This film documents an entire expedition to the Gambia, from setting out in July 1948 to the return to the UK. Three geographers were responsible for the survey: C. Swithinbank, E.Gordon and J. Pook. Based at Kuntaur, a river port 150 miles up the Gambia River from the capital Banjul (then Bathurst), the expedition carried out a land survey which covered some 12 square miles. The film shows village and Compound life, with sections on the management of crops and agriculture, plus the dissection of a hippopotamus.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford, England
March 24, 1980 01 - Titles & Introduction
02 - Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid) - Fades In
03 - Anything That's Rock'n'Roll
04 - Introduction by Pete Drummond
05 - Even The Losers
06 - Here Comes My Girl
07 - I Need To Know
08 - Luna
09 - Stories We Could Tell
10 - Refugee
11 - Breakdown
12 - American Girl