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Alaska: The Great Land (1971 Video)

Director

Derek Williams

Producer

Humphrey Swingler

Subject

Geology; History

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

Surveys the history of Alaska from Behring’s discovery in 1741 to the recent findings of oil close to the Arctic shore.

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Biology of Viruses, The (1999 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min., 2001 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at viruses, covering their discovery, their structures, how they are studied, their modes of infection and their uses as gne vectors in genetic engineering.

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Electromagnetic Waves (2 Parts) (1964 Video)

Director

Alex Strasser

Producer

Alex Strasser

Subject

Physics

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20, 22 min.

Part 2: Demonstrates the determination of velocity, refraction, dispersion, diffraction, interference, polarisation and absorption of electromagnetic radiation. Sequences illustrate absorption by the...

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Earthspace: Our Environment (1978 Film)

Subject

Astronomy; Geology; Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Examines the discovery and development of understanding earth’s magnetosphere, particularly as affected by solar radiation.

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Caught in Time (1996)

Producer

Pip Surgey

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Modelling the mathematics of the art of juggling has led to the discovery of totally new throwing patterns.

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Dna Story, The (1973 Film)

Director

Ronald Fouracre

Producer

Peter Shaw

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Williams and Linus Pauling discuss the events and research leading to the discovery in 1953 of the double helix as a workable structure for DNA.*

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Spirit Hunters, The (1994 Video)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1995 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A study of the Machiguenga Indians of Peru who believe all rainforest plants and animals evolve from their ancestors and therefore possess human souls and spirits.

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Face of Tutankhamun, The (1992 Video)

Producer

Derek Towers; David Wallace

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 50 min.

Series following upon archaeologist Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun in Egypt in 1922. The series draws on Carters unpublished papers and includes recently discovered film...

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Discovery of the Arago Man, The (1969 Film)

Director

Jean-Pierre Baux

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The Arago cavern in the Eastern Pyrenees presents important prehistorical sites of the Riss and WüUErm epochs. During the summer of 1969, one of the oldest human mandibles known in Europe was discovered...

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Amazing Lives: Coma Miracle (2007)

aka: My Shocking Story: My Coma Miracle

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £20.00

Part of the AMAZING LIVES series of a groundbreaking medical documentaries,featuring the stories of people living with rare conditions and life-threatening illnesses. Each story involves cutting-edge new...

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