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Test Tube Bodies (1995 Video)

Producer

Andrew Thompson

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

New research in tissue engineering: scientists in the USA have produced a human ear. Human organs such as livers, kidneys and even hearts may be one day grown from samples of the patient’s own cells for...

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Volcanoes (1988 Video)

Director

Andy Finney

Producer

Andy Finney; Tony Sale; Mike Smith

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videodisc. LaserVision videodisc. ROM. Philips 415, BBC Advanced Interactive System.

Includes 30 minutes of moving images, 5 megabytes of textual data, hundreds of still-frame photographs, 1500 dictionary definitions and computer-enhanced photographs from NASA. With six case studies,...

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Explore Parliament (1999 Multimedia)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Dual platform PC Windows/Apple Macintosh, 2001 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

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Monoclonal Antibody Techniques (1987 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 34 min.

Demonstrates all the techniques involved in performing a fusion for the preparation of monoclonal antibodies. The viewer sees research worker preparing the necessary reagents and equipment, harvests and...

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Food Safety: It’s Up to You (2005)

Subject

Catering; FE; Health & safety

Teaches food workers the basics of keeping themselves and their customers safe from foodborne illnesses. The video is based on changes to the Washington State Food Code made effective on May 2, 2005. (30...

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Television English (199 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1996 sale: £116.60 (+VAT +p&p)

Six modules of resource material for teacher use in English language teaching. Each module consists of a 30-minute video containing excerpts from BBC television programmes, with activities in accompanying...

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James Webb Space Telescope (Jwst) Sunshield Deployment Test

Subject

Space science

A major test of the sunshield for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was conducted in July 2014 by Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California. For the first time, the five sunshield test layers were...

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Meltdown: In the Shadow of Nepal’s Lost Glaciers (2007)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

In 1986 a small glacial lake in the Khumbu region of Nepal burst its banks washing away a hydro-electric power station, many bridges and many lives. This was just a taste of what is to come. There are much...

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Big Oil: In the Wake of the ‘Exxon Valdez’ (1985 Video)

Producer

Richard Brock

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill in Alaska two years on and examines the repercussions of pollution, tanker safety and the apportioning of blame. Shows the power of the oil industry as well as the...

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William McIlvanney: Living with Words

Director

Maurice O’Brien

Producer

Gill Parry; William McIlvanney

Subject

Literature

Portrait of the Scottish writer William McIlvanney, one of Scotland’s most accomplished writers, and author of books such as ‘Docherty’ and and the Laidlaw series, which inspired later writers of...

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