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Project Nim (2011)

Director

James Marsh

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 99 minutes), £15.99

The remarkable story of Nim, a chimpanzee who managed the unique feat of learning sign language after being raised like a typical human child. Interviews with Nim’s trainers as well as other key...

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Body in the Bog, The (1985 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Charts the story of the discovery and investigation of a 2500-year-old murder victim found in a peat bog in Cheshire - the first Iron age bog body to be found in Britain. Scientific investigation...

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Zeppelin, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1998 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Outlines the history of airships (or dirigibles) from the pioneering efforts of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin to the career of the ‘Hindenberg’ sister ship the ‘Graf Zeppelin’. Looks at airships...

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Anatomy of Eloquence, The (198 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette, VHS. col. 31 min.

Examines the physiology of speech productions, focusing on individuals learning to speak after their larynxes have been surgically removed. Looks at human vocall tracts, noting that the human larynx is...

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Building a Kayak (1967 Video)

Director

Asen Balikci; Quentin Brown

Producer

Quentin Brown; Kevin Smith

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 64 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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Made in Sheffield: The Birth of Electronic Pop (2001)

Subject

Music; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 52 minutes), £14.00

Documents the Sheffield music scene from 1977 to 1982, which saw the emergence of the Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Heaven 17 & ABC with their brand of electronic music. The film captures the essence of...

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Errol Morris: Annual David Lean Lecture- Investigating with the Camera (2011)

Subject

Film & television production; Film studies

A video recording of the the 2011 David Lean Lecture given at BAFTA on 6 November by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, who has won acclaim for combining journalism with dramatic recreation, confessional...

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American Realism of the 20th Century (2014)

Subject

American Studies; Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 50 minutes), £14.99

From Hopper to Wyeth, authors trace back the growing tendency to Realism in American art that emerged after the First World War. In stark contrast to European Modernists, US artists made their nation the...

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Addictive TV: Audiovisualise (2004)

Subject

Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.99

Today’s audiovisual artists perhaps owe as much to the VJs and music producers who emerged from 90s electronic music culture as to 20th Century experimental film makers like Norman McClaren, Len Lye,...

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In Your Library (3 Parts) (1984 Video)

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 28, 30, 15 min.

Part 1 stresses the need to preserve and extend the life of a book. Shows the way books are bound or cased by hand and the correct way to shelve them. Shows the damage that a poor environment and unsuitable...

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