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Piper Alpha: The Human Price of Oil (1988 Video)

Producer

Charles Furneaux

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £195.00

In July 1988, 167 men were killed in the world’s worst oil industry disaster to date. Using interviews with eyewitnesses who were aboard the ‘Piper Alpha’ oil rig, questions the standards of design and...

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Techniques of Tempera and Oil Painting (1975 Film, Video)

Producer

Peter H Coltman

Subject

Art

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows techniques involved in the production of tempera paintings on panel and oil paintings on canvas. Includes examples of tempera and oil paintings from the collections of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow,...

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Olympus Binocular Microscope, The (1986 Video)

Producer

Pat Wisher

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min.

Covers description of the microscope, bright field, phase contrast, oil immersion, care of the microscope.

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Tides of War (1991 Video)

aka: Tide of War

Director

Michael McKinnon

Producer

Michael McKinnon; Malcolm Penny

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £12.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the ecological disaster in the Arabian Gulf resulting from the oil spills and burning oil wells of the conflict in the area that began in August 1990. Follows the progress of the oil slicks along...

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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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Life After Oil (2006)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.00

Recordings of three talks given as part of a course at Schumacher College on the future of energy. David Fleming spoke about re-localisation and the end of oil; Michael Meacher discussed political issues...

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Energy Frontier (1994 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

One of a series highlighting the efficiency, competitiveness and technological inventiveness of industries vital to the business and commercial life of the UK. This programme looks at the successes of...

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Oil: Finds for the Future (1985 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Geography; Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An analysis of world oil production, reserves and prospects, predicting how long oil supplies will last Cconsiders factors such as new discoveries, new production technology, new extraction technology and...

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Frozen Assets (1990 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In the Soviet Union oil production threatens the ecosystem of the tundra of western Siberia, homeland of the nomadic Netsy people. In the Gorbachev era, environmentalists found the freedom to speak out about...

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Introduction to the Field Station at Bettyhill, Sutherland (1975 Video)

Producer

John Bernard Kenworthy

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats.

Looks at the University’s botany field station at Bettyhill in Sutherland. Shows the area surrounding the field station from numerous aspects; flora, fauna, etc. and shows the facilities of the field...

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