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  1. 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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  2. Alaska: Oil on the Rocks (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Helen Jenkins
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In 1989 the oil tanker ‘Exxon Valdez’ ran aground and split open off the coast of Alaska, spilling 10m barrels of oil into the sea. The ecological disaster sparked an angry debate about the oil...

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  3. Alaska: The Last Frontier? (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Filmed on location in Alaskam contrasting views of Alaska as empty wilderness with the reality of native Alaskan history and experience. Addresses a number of questions: How can the past settlement and use...

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  4. Big Oil: In the Wake of the ‘Exxon Valdez’ (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Brock
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill in Alaska two years on and examines the repercussions of pollution, tanker safety and the apportioning of blame. Shows the power of the oil industry as well as the...

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  5. Aurora Explained, The (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC, PAL). col. 58 min., 1999 sale: £24.99 (inclusive) (PA)

    Explains what the Northern Lights are, how they work and why and when they appear where they do. Shows Aurora borealis effects accompanied by music. The video data was gathered using a supersensitive colour...

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  6. Tuktu (1985 Video)

    Director
    Graham Johnston
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 47 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded in the mid-1950s on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development characterise life in this village...

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  7. Alaska and Canada from Space (1980 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, 20 slides. col.

    Imaging satellites allow the recording of details of the terrain of remote areas with harsh climates which had previously inhibited detailed environmental mapping and research. The collection presents a...

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  8. Fall and Rise of Sgt Reggie Perrin (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Less than three years after a hand grenade blew up in his face, leaving him blind and partially paralysed, Sergeant Alan ‘Reggie’ Perrin embarked on an expedition to climb Mt McKinley in Alaska.

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  9. Masters of the Ionosphere (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Tim Haines
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Documents the bizarre history of scientific attempts to understand the atmospheric layer called the ionosphere and the American military’s plan to master this volatile region with a $58m machine in Alaska...

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  10. Nine Muses, The (2010)

    Director
    John Akomfrah
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £15.99

    An impressionistic, semi-documentary by John Akomfrah which uses archival footage of the arrival of immigrants in Britain as well as clips illustrating the difficulties of integration faced by people once...

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