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Coming of Age (1999 Video)

aka: Romans in Britain, The: Coming of Age

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Focuses on what it was like for the inhabitants of Britain to be invaded and subjugated by the Romans. The initial rebellion and revolt by Boudicca was ruthlessly crushed, and a new, vibrant culture emerged....

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Newton’s Optics (2011)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

This Learning Object consists of a three vodcasts by Jim Bennett, Director of the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, on the Newtonian telescope - why Newton designed it, and how it fits into the story...

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Nitrogen Fixation: Nitrogenase and Chemical Modelling (1990 Video)

Producer

Michael Peet

Subject

Agriculture; Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Concentrates on a suggested model for the operations of the two proteins of the nitrogenese enzyme which bacteria use to fix nitrogen. First shows how root modules of legumes possess nitrogen fixing...

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How Likely is That? (2006)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 60 minutes), £12.50

This is a video recording of a talk in the LMS Popular Lectures given by Dr Haigh of Sussex University, in which he explored six scenarios relating to probability. The first was called ‘Numbers We Meet’,...

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Edith Walks (2016)

Director

Andrew Kötting

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £19.00

Feature film inspired by a walk from Waltham Abbey in Essex via Battle Abbey to St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, in Southern England. The film documents a pilgrimage in memory of Edith Swan Neck. Bits of...

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British Transport Films Collection Vol. 6: The Art of Travel (2007)

Subject

Geography; History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 250 minutes), £19.99

The sixth in the series of double DVD box sets of films from the BRITISH TRANSPORT FILMS COLLECTION. Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own...

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Back to the Floor, Series 2 (6 Parts) (1998 Video)

Producer

Brian Hill

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 2001 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series in which top managers spend a week on the shop floors of their companies, providing an insight into corporate management, communication and efficiency. Thee executives must learn to cope with their...

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Sue Hartley - The 300 Million Year War - Plants V Herbivores (2010)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £6.00

The 2009 Royal Institution Christmas lectures given by Sue Hartley, Professor of Ecology at Susssex University. She tells us some interesting facts about plant biomass and their success in surviving...

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This Sceptred Isle - Yorkshire (1999 Video)

Director

Ronald Craigen; J.B. Holmes; Ralph Keene; Charles de Lautour; John Taylor; Tony Thompson

Producer

Edgar Anstey; Ian Ferguson

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 92 min., 1999 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

A British Transport Films compilation video made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the film unit of the British Transport Commission. All but FULLY FITTED FREIGHT were produced by Edgar Anstey. 1...

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Picture of Britain, A (2005)

Subject

Art; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), 24.99

A series of six programmes in which David Dimbleby tours Britain, exploring artistic response to the landscape and contemplating subjects such as travel, nationhood and romantic yearning. Individual...

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