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Building the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge (2007)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

The Puget Sound Region is famed for its floating bridges and infamous for Galloping Gertie’s collapse. Now itboasts the USA’s fifth-longest suspension bridge. What did it take to span a mile-wide,...

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Len Lye: Rhythms

Subject

Art; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 47 minutes), £23.00

Collection of Len Lye’s experimental films accompanied by a 28 page booklet with texts by David Curtis, Roger Horrocks and Len Lye on his films. The films are as follows: A COLOUR BOX 35mm 1935 [4...

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Embera: The End of the Road (1971 Video)

Director

Brian Moser

Producer

Brian Moser

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £30.00

Shows the effects of interaction between the river-dwelling Embera Indians who live in the Choco region of Colombia and two groups of outsiders: the Libres, descendants of freed slaves with whom they trade,...

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First World War U-Boat (1919 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 78 min.

Two newly restored World War 1 films, DER MAGISCHE G‹RTEL ('The Enchanted Circle’) (1917, 44 min), and THE EXPLOITS OF A GERMAN SUBMARINE ('U-35’) OPERATING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (1919, 34 min). The...

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Flu Time Bomb (2007)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

As a virulent new strain of influenza spreads across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East on the wings of migratory birds, scientists look to the past in order to prevent a future global pandemic. The...

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Triumph of the Will (1936 Film, Video)

aka: Triumph des Willens

Director

Leni Riefenstahl

Producer

Walter Groskopf; Walter Traut

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.99 inc

The official record of the Nazi Party Congress held in Nuremberg in 1934. After World War 2 the film was banned because of general fears that it might inspire a new Nazi party.* The DVD also includes...

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Making It Home: Achieving Quality in Residential Homes (1993 Audio, Video)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

out of distribution, Audiocassette. 70 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 47 min.

A staff development package designed to promote quality in residential homes by enhancing observation skills and encouraging the introduction of positive change through discussion. The video documents a day...

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When the Lights Go on Again (2002)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

Third programme in the series BRITAIN’S HOME FRONT covering the period 1943-47. Tells the story of the British people preparing for war and living through the events of the ‘Phoney War’, Dunkirk, the...

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Structural Engineers Shape the World (2004)

Subject

Careers Guidance; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

VHS (PAL), free

The video has been produced by the Institution of Structural Engineers to promote the profession and the Institution. It highlights the ways in which structural engineers shape the built environment and the...

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Online Storage and Retrieval (1984 Video)

Subject

Information technology; Librarianship

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videodisc. Philips Laservision VP705 or VP835. BBC Model B microcomputer with disk drive (40 track).

An interactive videodisc describing the storage and retrieval of bibliographic information. It is based on a conventional training course for online searches. A ‘to camera’ presentation, set in a...

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