Documentary

• Listen | DVD | (16/05/2005) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-7.38 (-29.50%)   |  RRP £24.99

  What is the nature of sound? What do the act and art of listening involve? This exploration of the nature of sound by filmmaker Miroslav Sebestik is a truly revolutionary concept. In this film some of the music world's most daring composers and musicologists probe the idea of sound and hearing. This unique documentary brilliantly captures the sounds of a rabbit sleeping the rhythmic beauty of a tugboat on the river and music inspired by the sound of industrial machines. Musical lumi

• U.S. Marines In World War 2 | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £15.76   |  Saving you £4.23 (21.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Two-volume set that aims to tell the complete story of the U.S. Marines during the Second World War. Using rare archival footage, General Holland ('Howlin' Mad') Smith provides expert commentary on every important battle, including: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Tarawa, Midway, Guam and Bougainville.

• Assault and Rescue: Operation Thunderball | DVD | (03/04/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  DVD-R: This title is manufactured-on-demand when ordered from The Canny Store using the highest quality DVD-R discs.

• Sunday Driver | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £7.36   |  Saving you £0.63 (7.90%)   |  RRP £7.99

  From Rockstar Games the company behind the epoch-making videogame series Grand Theft Auto comes this in-depth documentary film chronicling the lifestyle and artistry behind the Compton/Watts chapter of the famed Californian low rider car club The Majestics. Directed by Carol Strong Sunday Driver is an incredible portrait of a community working together to build the ultimate customized vehicles while struggling to legitimize their lifestyle under the close scrutiny of the authorities. With a candid look at the guys behind the chrome Sunday Driver exposes the origins of the club by describing in firsthand interviews what it really means to be a Majestic.

• After Impression | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £15.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (38.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A series of films devoted to the great works in painting history. Thanks to recent developments in video animation technique the secrets of these images are revealed like thrilling adventures of discovery. Featuring the works of Vuillard (Memory lanes) Seurat (An Orange Green Utopia) and Toulouse-Lautrec (A Fin de Siecle Legend)

• Russell Simmons - Journeys In Black | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £9.70   |  Saving you £6.29 (39.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A profile of the musician responsible for making rap mainstream and paving the way for legions of African American artists. Russell Simmons didn't invent rap but he is perhaps more than any other individual responsible for the music's astonishing success. As a young man he heard a thriving vibrant music in battered ghettos and solid middle-class black neighbourhoods like his own and turned it up loud enough to blast suburban multiplexes and small town burger joints. If Simmons had

• Learning to Sail | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Learning to SailLearn the skills needed to sail both small and large boats with confidence! Join Rob MacLeod in this practical, skills-oriented approach designed to get you sailing right away. Teaches how to quickly gain confidence in handling small and large boats and how to set and trim sails to harness the wind. Covers boat handling, sail trimming, anchoring, docking and undocking, safety, cruising, man overboard recovery and racing basics. 100 min.

• Ticket To Ride - Belgium, The South And Luxembourg | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £34.00   |  Saving you £-7.01 (-26.00%)   |  RRP £26.99

  This DVD continues our Belgian tour southward: Namur Mons for the railfest Charleroi-steel city Lige and then down into the Ardennes where we see some of the forest being loaded to train for export. Trains and water always photograph well together and there is plenty of opportunity to do this in southern Belgium as the countryside is criss-crossed by waterways both natural and man made. We conclude our assignment by looking at the smallest rail network in the EU that of Luxemburg. It may have less route miles to its name than Antwerp docks! but it's packed with interest and still runs some of the most interesting electric locomotives that can be found outside the eastern block!

• Spark Bollywood Hits Vol 3 | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

• Danse Grozny, Danse - A Chechen film by Jos de Putter with French subtitles | DVD | (01/08/2008) from £21.35   |  Saving you £-1.36 (-6.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

• City Impressions - New York | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £25.90   |  Saving you £-9.91 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  When you are in love with a person you tend to gloss over their faults. It's the same when you're in love with a place. New York is the most exciting city in the world. Travel with us through the Big Apple with joyous rhythm n' blues from the fifties.

• Ticket To Ride - Cardiff To Portsmouth, From Bristol | DVD | (11/07/2005) from £35.62   |  Saving you £-13.63 (-62.00%)   |  RRP £21.99

  A contemporary documentary on the railway line in Southern England that links two very different cities: Bristol was covered in 'Cardiff To Portsmouth The Railway Today' so we start just outside at Keynsham now just a dormitory town for its larger neighbour but where once chocolate bars were despatched across the country. Next it's a run along the Avon valley to the Georgian city of Bath. Here we look at the city the old Green Park station and view the trains from the heights of the surrounding hills. We catch a new CORADIA high speed DMU and have a ride in an example. We see who is running the waste business for BANES and then head east alongside the K&A the Kennet and Avon canal. Down the Avon valley towards Bradford via Avoncliffe and on to Westbury. This is the centre for the Mendip stone trains where you will literally see mountains on the move! We visit the famous White Horse for some spectacular views of the west country mainline and the cement works! Heading south the line is a favourite for steam train operators over the famous Upton Bank and then down the Wylye valley. At Wilton we take to the air for some views of Wilton House and the rail served 'Whiting Works' before Salisbury is reached. Again we get some super aerial views of the station the SWT maintenance depot and naturally the Cathedral- with the tallest spire in the British Isles. On to Southampton where we discuss the container revolution see at close quarter ships being loaded and cars and vans being moved for Ford. We conclude our tour at Portsmouth; where in addition to travelling on a new Electrostar we pay a visit to the old naval dockyard and HMS Warrior.

• Travel With Kids: Alaska | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £20.90   |  Saving you £-0.91 (-4.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Planning a visit to Alaska with kids or just want to learn about the history and culture of the 49th state? Explore, relax, enjoy. Destination...Alaska Join the Roberts family as they explore the exciting wilds of Alaska in the award-winning Travel With Kids series. Alaska's snow-covered scenery holds nature and adventure around every turn making for a fantastic family vacation. Come along as the Roberts explore the icy interior, known for its off-the-beaten-path quirkiness, the city of A...

• Interdependence, Interconnectedness & The Nature of Reality | DVD | (05/09/2011) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-3.54 (-25.30%)   |  RRP £13.99

  These films will form part of a unique and ground breaking series of films that will be welcomed the world over not only by those interested in Buddhism but fellow travellers on the road to enlightenment. This programme is approximately 165 minutes in length and during its course H.H. The Dalai Lama gives a profound teaching on dependent origination and emptiness with great clarity and insight. He includes a discussion on the nature of time and how it is a mere convention; time does not exis...

• Apnapan | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Apnapan is the story of nearness and understanding. Anil Mehra in his early thirties accidentally meets Radhika and falls in love. Their relationship turns into a romance leading upto marriage. But before marring Anil confides that he is a divorcee and has a child of a five year old Prakash who is studying in Srinagar. Radhika loves him so much that they go ahead with their marriage. The two of them decide to go to Kashmir to meet Prakash. Little Prakash is overjoyed to meet his father Anil and also accepts Radhika as her mother.One day Radhika meets Kamini who is now Mrs. Agarwal and they became very friendly. In the company of Radhika she meets her son Prakash but dose not reveals that she is his mother. Kaminis husband is all the time busy earning money while She feels emptiness in her life after seeing the happy trio of Anil Radhika and Prakash. Prakash meets an accident and is in need of blood Kamini gives her blood and salves his life. But Anil seeing the possibility of Kamini re-entering his life decides to leave Kashmir. Kamini is left alone on the crossroads of life and all the money in the world cannot compensate for the lack of apnapan that closeness with another soul of which she has been deprived forever!

• The Secrets Of Magic Revealed | DVD | (21/07/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Secrets Of Magic Revealed... The very well kept secret of Magic is revealed here on this DVD for you to learn enjoy and amaze your friends with. An expert magician explains in details as series of different tricks that you can do at home without the need for any special equipment using objects that are mostly found at home on in your office. Over 20 different tricks are being shown and explained in this DVD. Our expert magician went out of his secret way to reveal to you the ""magic"" behind these very well guarded tricks so you can do them by yourself in front of your audience.

• The Kvarner Islands | DVD | (03/07/2006) from £7.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (53.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Kvarner Islands Krk Cres and Mali Losinj: Island delights of the Adriatic Sea. The tiny island of Krk in the Adriatic Sea is connected to the mainland of Croatia by bridge. The island has sparse vegetation and its soft hills are bathed in sunshine. The little settlement of Krk has a romantic town centre where you can stroll and enjoy the local entertainment in the warm evenings. Lonely beaches and bays can be discovered even during the height of the tourist season and trips to th

• World War II - Allied Air Power 1942-45 | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £17.79   |  Saving you £-6.80 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Originally released under the title 'Smashing The Reich' this superb documentary film draws entirely on newsreel footage from both Allied and Axis sources and avoids the jingoistic tone, which blights many films made in the immediate post-war era. Using a sparse, well-scripted narration the film brilliantly documents how strategic bombing was used to cripple the German war effort and highlights the failure of area bombing as a weapon of terror. The role of the Allied tactical air force in ac...

• The War Years | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £55.33   |  Saving you £-14.34 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £40.99

  The War Years

• Hampshire Ghosts | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The National ghost tour of Great Britain by Ghost Hunter General Richard Felix visits Hampshire seeking out stories of paranormal activity supernatural sightings and occurrences. We visit some of the most haunted places in the county from Southampton Hospital where nuns wander the wards appearing to the patients. To the Swan inn in Portsmouth where a poltergeist of a murdered woman haunts the pub often removing pictures from the walls. You will discover some ghostly stories and never see Hampshire in the same light again.