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Gardeners’ Views (2006)

Subject

Agriculture; Design

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 x 50 minutes), £14.99 each or £39.99 the set

A set of 4 DVDs in which the owners of some of the finest gardens in the UK give an insight into the creation of their gardens. They range from the grandest of castles to the tiniest of courtyards. DVD1 -...

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Claverton Pump (1979 Video)

Director

Mark Price

Producer

N D C Harris

Subject

Archaeology; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 15 min.

Describes the history and operation of the Claverton pumping engine, built in 1813 to pump water from the River Avon up to the Kennet and Avon canal near Bath. This was reputedly the largest water driven...

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Oroonoko (1999 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 145 min.

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of ‘Oroonoko’ by Biyi Bandele, directed by Gregory Doran, at the Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in September 1999.

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Then and Now (3 Parts) (Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 3 x 75 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p) each

1: Archive and modern film showing the changing nature of the towns and countryside of Yorkshire, covering rural crafts and farming, and contrasting pre-war city centres of prewar days to the congested...

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Six More English Towns

aka: Alec Clifton-Taylor Presents: Six More English Towns

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £12.99

Alec Clifton-Taylor presents this documentary series looking at the history of six English towns: Warwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Saffron Walden, Lewes, Bradford-on-Avon and Beverley.

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Cherry Orchard, The (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 140 min.

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of ‘The Cherry Orchard’ by Anton Chekhov, directed by Adrian Noble. Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre,...

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Street Sports (1993 Video)

Director

Ivan Griffiths

Subject

History; Sports science

Distribution

Preview, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 259 min.

Interviews with youngsters of different ages and backgrounds in Bath, Avon, who practise skateboarding and roller skating as a street-sport pastime. There are extensive cutaways of skaters in action. Filmed...

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Drosophilia Melanogaster (1984 Multimedia)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

oUT OF DISTRIBUTION, 26 slides. col.

Illustrates the equipment used for breeding, handling and observing ‘Drosophilia’ (7 slides); stages in the life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult (4 slides); the sex differences (6 slides); and some...

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Three Hours After Marriage (1996 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. col. 120 min.

Video recording using three cameras of a performance of ‘Three Hours after Marriage’ by John Gay, Alexander Pope and John Arbuthnot, directed by Richard Cottrell, by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the...

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Genetic Engineering 1 (1985 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min.

Introduces molecular genetics, concentrating on prokaryotic organisms. Stresses the link between the genetic material and the proteins produced. Discusses the structure and base pairing of DNA and describes...

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