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Foxglove’s Leaves with Caution Given, Or, The Cure of Dropsy, The (1988 Video)

Director

D Burkhill-Howarth; Dr J C Edwards

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassettte. VHS. col. 19 min.

Archive film, historic documents and re-enactments show the development of the treatment of congestive heart failure, starting with the Roman use of squill, and on to powdered toadskin in ancient China,...

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Resilience (2016)

aka: Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope

Director

James Redford

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $225.00

Educational documentary which follows pioneering doctors who looked at the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) research and began developing a new way of thinking about health and social problems. Studies...

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Technology of Nuclear Fuel Processing, The (1986 Video)

Director

John Green

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

Covers the main stages of nuclear fuel reprocessing at Sellafield from the arrival of irradiated fuel, its storage and subsequent de-canning, the separation process to extract the plutonium and uranium and...

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Changing Face of Sellafield, The (1986 Video)

Director

John Green

Subject

Engineering; Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 min.

Traces the development of the Sellafield site throughout the three decades that have passed since Calder Hall began. The programme is intended for visitors to the site and viewers should be aware of its...

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Great French Century, The (2004)

Subject

Art

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

A compilation of three 30-minute videos from the Palettes series devoted to great works of painting history. The secrets of the images are revealed using video animation techniques. The films each give an...

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Affairs of the Heart Series, The (4 Parts) (2011)

Subject

Medical sciences

A series of four short scientific video guides on the workings of the heart, produced in November/December 2011 in association with the British Heart Foundation. THE STORY OF A SINGLE HEARTBEAT - Prof...

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Expert Drug Therapy Video Series (1999 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, 8 videocassettes. VHS. NTSC. col. 8 x 30 min., 2001 sale: $39.95 (+p&p) each part

Each programme focuses on drug therapy for a specific disorder and uses animated sequences to demonstrate how a drug works inside the body to produce its therapeutic effects. Shows how particular drugs halt...

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Aviation History Films (2011)

Subject

Aviation

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 300 minutes), $18.49

A 3-DVD set containing a compilation of 18 films made between 1917 and 1966 illustrating the history of flight. Contents: THE EPIC OF FLIGHT (1966, 48 MIN.) A Wolper production documenting the history of...

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Great Events of the 20th Century (1999 Video)

aka: Greatest Events of the 20th Century, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD

A collection of newsfilm covering 101 newsworthy events of the 20th century. Items are: 1) Opening credits; 2) Queen Victoria’s funeral; 3) Wright brothers’ first flight; 4) Suffragette dies under...

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