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Life on a Thread (1999)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Biologists and computer scientists are beginning to understand how maths and physics help explain the amazinig abilities of spiders. Shows a number of experiments. the key themes are webs and web spinning,...

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Paul Auster: Confidential

Director

Guy Seligmann; Gérard de Cortanze

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 149 minutes), £17.99

ARTE meets novelist Paul Auster at his home in New York, where he speaks about his childhood, baseball, his travels, the influence of the city on his work and the importance that walking holds for him. He...

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British Artists’ Films: William Raban (2003)

Subject

Art; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 131 minutes), £19.99

A selection of film and video work by William Raban, whose interest in the River Thames and the City of London in particular and British landscape in general is in the tradition of romantic landscape...

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Walking Back to Happiness (1993 Video)

Producer

Fiona Holmes

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

In the 1960s gynaecologists Reg and Catherine Hamlin left Sydney for a three-year contract in Addis Ababa that turned into a lifetime’s commitment. Shows the hospital they build and meets some of the 14,00...

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Mass Trespass (2018)

aka: Trespass of Kinder Scout

Director

Jordan Carroll

Subject

History; Law; Social Studies

Why were six men sent to prison 1932 for simply walking in the moors of the Peak District? This short documentary tells their fascinating story and also gives details regarding the National Parks and Access...

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Homage to Dr e J Marey (1954 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Like Dr Eadweard Muybridge earlier, Dr Etienne-Jules Marey produced a set of time and motion study plates in the 1890s: originally published as a series of still photographs they can reproduce the actual...

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Winter Journey, A (1976)

Director

Clive Gunnell

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 minutes), £10.00

Clive Gunnell’s film depicts an incident in Thomas Hardy’s novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ during which Tess goes on a long walk through the Dorset countryside looking for her husband. The film...

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Transport in Cities (1991 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Brian Richards, an architect whose speciality is city transport, presents his ideas for innovative approaches to the problems of urban transport. Examines the negative role cars have played, and the...

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Teams and Leaders (1984 Video)

Producer

Peter Cole

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Hire, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 33 minutes), £295.00

Uses a parallel story about a conflict at work between a senior manager and the team who work with him and a group of people walking in Wales, to discuss the problems of getting people to work together in...

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Child Studies 1: The First Year (1993 Video)

Director

Kirin Davids

Producer

Kirin Davids

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

Six-minute studies of 11 individual children from birth to near-walking, showing every aspect of classic development, including neonatal development and infant reflexes. After each section a summary lists...

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