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Girl Model (2012)

Director

David Redmon; Ashley Sabin

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 78 minutes), £6.99

GIRL MODEL follows a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S. within the modelling industry. The story is told through the eyes of a scout and a 13 year-old model. Despite a lack of obvious...

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Modern Life (2009)

Director

Raymond Depardon

Subject

Agriculture; French studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.99

The Cévennes region in southern France is a region of hilly passes, lonely farms and lonelier farmers. There we are introduced to aged bachelor brothers Marcel and Raymond Privat, whose old-fashioned...

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Illegal Poisoning: The Threat to Wildlife (199 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min., 1997 sale: £7.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Campaigns against the illegal poisoning of wildlife. It is aimed at all countryside users to alert them to the problem of illegal poisoning and explains how the viewer can identify and respond to suspected...

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Countryside Issues (1994 Multimedia)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

CD-ROM

Teaching material looking at various landscapes and the environment impact of changes in policy, to be used as the basis for an assignment and in coursework.

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Looking for the Past / Uncovering the Past (1994 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 1994 sale: £15.95 inc VAT +p&p

Part 1 examines archaeological methods for finding sites in the countryside and towns without digging for them. Shows and explains techniques such as aerial photography, looking at documents, surveying...

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Not a Legacy to Stand on (1987 Video)

Director

Tony Edwards

Producer

Ian Elvin

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

Examines the issues and conflicting pressures associated with the day-to-day management of an area of outstanding natural beauty. Focuses specifically on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland National Park but...

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North Korea Undercover (2014)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £195.00

Panorama reporter John Sweeney reports undercover from North Korea, as he travels from the capital Pyongyang to the countryside beyond and to the de-Militarised Zone on the border with South Korea.

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A Velha (1992 Video)

aka: Old Lady, The

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows Maria do Carmo Gago, who at age 83 still lives alone in the Portuguese countryside. After a lifetime of adapting to change, she is used to making her own choices, preferring the earthy contact of her...

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Claude: The Roman Landscape (1994 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 2006 sale £15.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at ways in which Claude Lorraine drew his inspiration from classical and contemporary poetry, the remains of ancient, medieval and Renaissance Rome, and the countryside around the city. Shot on...

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Stripping of Appalachia, The (1972 Film)

Director

John Slater

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The Appalachian countryside in the United States is gradually being denuded by strip coal mining. Shows how natural resources are being exploited without regard to the ecological changes which affect both...

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