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Motion: A Visual Database (1988 Video)

Subject

Mathematics; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Laservision videodisc (Domesday or IVIS). col. Interactive use with floppy disc requires BBC Master or IBM-PC.

200 film sequences showing motion, both in controlled laboratory experiments and in the real world. Sequences include cars crashing, Olympic athletes in action, motion in the weightless environment of a...

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Contenders, The (1994 Video)

Producer

Richard Dale

Subject

Sports science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 30 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) series (BBC)

Series folllowing some of the world’s most prominent people in sport, showing how scientific ideas have permeated almost every event, bringing major advances in sporting achievement.

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Athletic Body in Balance (2005)

Subject

FE; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0), £27.99

Athletes work out and train hard to reach the next level of performance. But adding absolute strength and power often creates muscle imbalances and mobility limitations that cause injuries and limit skill...

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100 Years of Olympic Films (2017)

Subject

Film studies; History; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 6253 minutes), $237.00

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912-2012 is an award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the...

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Lost World of Communism, The (2008)

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.56

In 1989 an entire way of life ended for millions of people behind the Iron curtain. But what was it like to live under communist rule in Eastern and Central Europe? After the end of the cold war some east...

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Black History: From Civil War Through Today (2008)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1080 minutes), £39.99

DISC 1 IN THE BEGINNING The Civil War - A vivid dramatization of the war which shaped the social landscape for black Americans for centuries to come. The Plantation System - A stark portrayal of plantation...

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How to Find the Sweet Spot (2005)

Subject

Physics

A "sweet spot" is that unique place on a bat or racquet where you can hit a ball without jarring yourself. It’s also the perfect tuning point of a musical instrument, the point of balance in a circus act,...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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Advertising on TV (Vols 1-26) (2005)

Subject

Business studies; Media studies; Politics & government; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 55 mins each vol), $20.00 each vol

A 26-part series covering in detail, with many examples, the theory and technology behind the development of television advertising in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s. Many of the films were...

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