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Web Story, The (3 Parts) (1998 Video)

aka: Webstory.com, The

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Series exploring the birth, development and future of the World Wide Web, asking what it holds for its users. 1: In 1999 Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, which has opened up a vast array of...

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Story of God, The (3 Parts) (2007)

Subject

History; Philosophy; Psychology; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 50 minutes), £435 (series) £195 (each part)

Every civilisation in history has been founded on a belief in a higher power that tells us where we come from, what we do, who we are. For some, religion has no place in the modern world - its force and...

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What is Music? (5 Parts) (1989 Video)

Producer

William Woollard

Subject

Music; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 60 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) series

The 160th Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series, given by Professor Charles Taylor, a physicist and a musician, exploring the physics of music. 1. Whenever the pressure of the air is changed rapidly by...

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Cities on Speed Series (Shanghai, Cairo, Mumbai, Bogota) (2011)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (4 x 60 minutes), $995.00 (series) $295.00 (each)

Soon more than 550 cities worldwide will have a population of more than one million. In 2030 eighty percent of the world’s population will live in cities. Megacities have traditionally been economic and...

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Sex Education (1995 Video)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min., 1997 sale: £39.99 (inc. VAT + p&p)

A video-based pack designed to help secondary schools meet statuatory requirements to provide sex education for all pupils. 1 (30 min): School governors are required by law to have a policy on sex education....

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Power of Nightmares, The (3 Parts) (2007)

Director

Adam Curtis

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

DVD (3 x 60 minutes)

Three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain, with particular reference to the American Neoconservatives and radical Islamists.

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Weather and Geomorphological Processes Series (4 Parts) (2004)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 24 minutes), £29.95

A set of four programmes on weather and geomorphological processes.

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Tree of Liberty (6 Parts) (1982 Video)

Producer

Michael Ryan

Subject

Law; Politics & government

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 6 x 45 min.

In each programme the presenter outlines areas of concern in British law as applied in the 1980s by presenting a case for law reform. He draws on case law and eminent lawyers to support his argument on each...

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Ascent of Man, The (13 Parts) (1973 Video)

Subject

Anthropology; Biology; History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £36.99

A classic13-part series in which Jacob Bronowski examines the intellectual, cultural, and scientific breakthroughs in man’s four-million-year evolution. He discusses the importance of new ideas and how...

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Civil Rights Movement, Series (2003)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 5 x 18 min), £29.95

A series of 5 programmes tracing the Civil Rights movement in the United States using ABC news footage showing the court cases, protests and people that transformed American social and political history.

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