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Tides of War (1991 Video)

aka: Tide of War

Director

Michael McKinnon

Producer

Michael McKinnon; Malcolm Penny

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £12.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the ecological disaster in the Arabian Gulf resulting from the oil spills and burning oil wells of the conflict in the area that began in August 1990. Follows the progress of the oil slicks along...

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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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Return to Skomer (1996 Video)

Producer

Anne-Marie Gallen

Subject

Environmental science; Mathematics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 min.

Following the 1995 ‘Sea Empress’ oil spill, thousands of tonnes of oil flooded the coast of west Wales. One of the islands affected was Skomer, home to thousands of seabirds. Examines whether the annual...

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Real Story, The: The Environmental Impact of the ‘Braer’ (1997 Video)

Director

Tom McInnes

Producer

Tom McInnes

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1999 sale:

Describes the results of the monitoring work and the scientific investigations carriec out by the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, and others after the ‘Braer’ oil spill in Shetland.

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Deepwater Disaster (2010)

aka: Deepwater Disaster: The Untold Story

Director

Tristan Quinn

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

This programme reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves, a crisis that became America’s worst environmental disaster. Engineers and...

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Amazon Crude (2009)

Subject

Environmental science; Law

Scott Pelley reports on a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over oil drilling pollution. Chevron is America’s third largest company behind ExxonMobil and WalMart. One way it became that big was by buying Texaco...

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Perfect Oil Spill, A (1996 Video)

Producer

Andrew Chitty

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The tanker ‘Sea Empress’ ran aground off Milford Haven in 1996, spilling 80,000 tonnes, but the expected disaster never happened. Scientists had been studying the area for over 50 years and had...

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Igf God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (2010)

Director

Spike Lee

Subject

American Studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 240 minutes), £15.90

Filmmaker Spike Lee returns to New Orleans, the scene of his post-Katrina documentary WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS (2006). On this occasion, he focuses mainly on the BP disaster, from the...

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Organic Clean-Up (1994 Video)

Producer

Bob Thorpe

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The pollution and waste resulting from over 200 years of industrial activity can now be treated by the selective use of microbes. Restaurant waste, acid water from disused mines and oil spills all respond to...

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Essential Chemistry (1988 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

Shows applications of colour chemistry to textiles and fashion and also to the filmless camera. A chemist analyses old paintings as an aid to conservation and another developes water-borne gloss paint for...

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