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Spread of Tumours (1987 Video)

Producer

Chris Firth

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 min., 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Many of the lethal effects of tumours spread from the organ of origin to remote sights in the body. This programme demonstrates the process of malignant growth and invasion of tissues; mechanisms and routes...

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Playing with Fire (1987 Video)

Director

Patrick Fleming

Producer

Michael Blakstad

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

Emphasises the point that people do not realise how quickly fire spreads and how fast they need to react. Analyses video recordings of the Bradford City Football Ground in 1986. Looks at hazards in homes,...

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Struggle for the Mediterranean in the Sixteenth Century, The (Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Looks at the factions that struggled to control the Mediterranean in the late 15th and early 16th-centuries. Covers: Venice in crisis - Turks and Portuguese; conflict spreads to the western Mediterranean;...

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Half an Hour to Save Your Life (2003)

Subject

Health & safety; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £125.00

This programme simulates the conditions of a real house fire, in real time. Inside the house, stunt woman Sy Hollands finds out for herself how frightening and unpredictable conditions can be when faced with...

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Country Wife, The (1985)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 119 minutes), £8.99

Considered too obscene to be staged in its original form for nearly 200 years, William Wycherley’s bawdy comedy tells the tale of Mr Horner - a notorious rake who spreads the false rumour that he is...

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Is God a Virus?

Subject

Religious studies; Science

Lecture by Dr Denis Alexander. The title is based on Richard Dawkins comparing religion to a virus or meme which spreads like a disease and is "one of the world’s great evils". In his lecture Alexander...

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Flu Time Bomb (2007)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

As a virulent new strain of influenza spreads across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East on the wings of migratory birds, scientists look to the past in order to prevent a future global pandemic. The...

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Generation Wealth (2018)

Director

Lauren Greenfield

Subject

American Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £9.99

A visual history of growing obsession with wealth. Weaving two and a half decades of work into an epic narrative, Greenfield has created a revelatory cultural documentation of wealth for viewers to explore...

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Architectures 11 (2017)

aka: Paris, The Invention of the Modern City; Paris Ring

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 108 minutes), £14.99

The 11th volume in a series which looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. This volume features two films: Paris, The Invention of the...

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Darwin’s Nightmare (2010)

Director

Hubert Sauper

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 111 minutes)

The African nation of Tanzania has a booming business selling fish to Europe, but its citizens live in a state of horrific poverty and degradation. Filmmaker Hubert Sauper uses his documentary DARWIN’S...

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