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Locomotion of Snakes (1946 Film)

Producer

James Gray; H W Lissmann

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Grass snakes swimming, gliding on sand, through grass, over a stony surface and through a rigid sinusoidal channel. Concertina movement. Measurement of the forces exerted. The rectilinear progression of the...

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Grass Sickness (1988 Video)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1997 hire (£13.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Describes the history and clinical signs associated wtiht he various forms of grass sickness, the post-mortem features and histological changes. Shows technique of stomach decompression but not other...

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Serious Grass, Part 1

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £16.95

A look at forage harvesting in a Lancashire dairy farm including not only the use of classic Ford and John Deere tractors but also other work involved in looking after the grass, from rolling and fertilizer...

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Grass Sense (1978 Film)

Director

Tony Porter

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes the breeding and testing of new varieties of grasses; includes advice on the management of grass, outlining how to establish and fertilise a new sward.

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Grass Id: A Random-Access Computer Key to UK Grass Species (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

CD-ROM

CAL module on the identification to UK grass species. A random-access key allows the user to enter a description of the charactistics of the plant and responds with a list of candidate species, ranked by the...

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Design of Space, The (1966 Film)

Producer

D C Chipperfield

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A survey of the design and landscaping of new towns in Britain, showing what has been achieved at Stevenage and Crawley and in the development of the city centres of Birmingham, Coventry, Cumbernauld and...

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Tin Drum, The (1979 Video)

aka: Blechtrommel, Die

Director

Volker Schlöndorff

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 157 min., 1999 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Feature film, based on the novel ‘The Tin Drum’ by Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass, about a young boy growing up in Nazi Germany who decides to stop growing.

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Grass (1925 Film, Video)

aka: Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life

Director

Merian C Cooper; Ernest B Schoedsack

Producer

Jesse L Lasky; Adolph Zukor

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

In 1924 filmmakers Cooper and Schoedsack joined forces with journalist and sometime spy Harrison to film the Follows the annual migration of the nomadic Bakhtiari tribe of east Persia in search of grass for...

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Sheep Station Nz

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.95

Dylan Winter spent three months in New Zealand recording a wide range of sheep farms and the background to them. Most of New Zealand gets plenty of rain - it’s a good place to grow grass. Where you can...

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Seeds of Progress, The (1979 Film)

Director

Tony Porter

Producer

Gordon Cradock

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The history of plant breeding from the original goat grass and the first bread wheat (Emma). Explains the necessity for royalties for plant breeding.

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