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  1. Animated Life of A.R. Wallace, The

    Director
    Flora Lichtman; Sharon Shattuck
    Subject
    Biology

    This animated paper puppet video celebrates the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited, along with Charles Darwin, with conceptualising the theory of natural selection. [8 minutes]

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  2. Kryptonite Discovery Video (2007)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Geology

    The Natural History Museum’s Mineral curator, Mike Rumsey, talks about the identification of the new mineral matching kryptonite’s unique chemistry, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, as described...

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  3. Restoring an Icon (2012)

    Producer
    Jeff Reed
    Subject
    Environmental science

    Short film about the reintroduction of bison to Montana, their natural habitat, as part of The American Prairie Foundation’s project to restire a vast amount of prairie to its natural state. This film...

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  4. Whalevolution

    Director
    Jordan Collver
    Subject
    Natural history

    Animation. This ten minute film shows the evolution of the sperm whale from the amphibious Pakicetus to its present form. After depicting six distinct points in evolutionary history, the film maker, a UK...

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  5. Science of Detecting Fakes and Forgeries, The (2004)

    Subject
    Science

    The spiralling prices paid for antiquities have boosted the quantity, range and sophistication of fakes. As knowledge of the appropriate materials and techniques used to make the genuine objects become more...

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  6. Making the Life of Mammals (2003)

    Subject
    Biology; Media studies

    A talk by Mike Salisbury, producer of David Attenborough’s BBC series LIFE OF MAMMALS. Using clips and stills from the series he explains how the programmes were made and how sequences were filmed. - from...

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  7. Swan Migration (2006)

    Subject
    Biology

    In 2003 BBC Radio 4’s Natural History Unit joined forces with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust to discover more about the behaviour of some of our favourite winter visitors. Six swans from Arctic Russia...

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  8. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the ‘Deep Past’ In the 19th-Century Imagination (2009)

    Subject
    Geology; Natural history

    Why was the young Charles Darwin’s fascination with geology so important for his later work and why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? This podcast with Professor Jim Secord,...

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  9. Aliens: The Big Think (2016)

    Subject
    Natural history; Space science

    Astronomer Royal Martin Rees and scientists take up the search for extra-terrestrials, exploring the theory that we should be searching for machines, not organic life, beyond the solar system. [59 minutes]

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  10. Oral History of Media and Archaeology, An (2017)

    Producer
    Silas Michalakas
    Subject
    Archaeology; Television studies

    Lecture given by Sir David Attenborough on 12 October 2009, at Cambridge University. Attenborough was speaking as part iof the ‘Personal Histories of Media and Archaeology’ oral history project. He...

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