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  1. Edison: The Invention of Invention (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Focuses on Thomas Edison’s pioneering work on electric lighting and a host of other inventions, as an example of the total innovation process and to illustrate the range of factors behind the success of...

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  2. Edison: The Father of Invention (2015)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 112 minutes), £14.99

    Born on the threshold of Americas burgeoning industrial empire, Edisons curiosity led him to its cutting edge. With just three months of formal schooling, he took on one seemingly impossible technical...

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  3. Early Edison Recording of Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette, 10 minutes), £3.95

    A wax cylinder recording of Tennyson made in 1888 under the direction of Thomas Edison himself, who sent a representative to England to record the poet four years before Tennyson’s death in 1892. Tennyson...

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  4. Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    Director
    Tim Usborne
    Producer
    Steve Crabtree
    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £41.99

    Three programmes telling the story of electricity and the history of its discovery and applications. The first programme SPARK, is about the very first scientists who studied electricity. Known as ‘natural...

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  5. Mysterious Mr Tesla, The (1982 Video)

    Producer
    Robin Bootle
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Profiles the Yugoslav-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose experiments with electricity and wireless foreshadowed the discoveries of Edison and Marconi. The programme seeks to explain how he should be...

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  6. Word Processor, The / The Electric Light (1992 Video)

    Director
    Frank Prendergast
    Producer
    Elizabeth Queenan
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

    Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of familiar machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated cartoon...

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  7. Private Management, State School (2008)

    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    In June 2007, Salisbury School in Enfield became the first state secondary school to be taken over by private management. This programme follows the first six months of this unique experiment. Edison UK, a...

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  8. Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (2006)

    Director
    Charles Musser
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 58 minutes), £15.99

    A detailed documentary on the genesis of early cinema, focusing on one of the craft’s most ingenious pioneers, Edwin S Porter. The film is based on the research of the leading scholar of early American...

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  9. Sex and the Silver Screen (1996)

    Director
    Frank Martin
    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £29.99

    Hosted by Raquel Welch, and featuring scores of celebrities (including major Hollywood stars such as Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper, Dan Aykroyd, Patrick Stewart, Marisa Tomei, Daryl Hannah, Sally Field,...

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  10. Early Cinema: Primitives and Pioneers. Vols. 1 & 2 (1896)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 190 minutes), £19.99

    A total of 59 films from the pre-1919 era of cinema. Volume 1 has a collection of 13 shorts by the Lumiere brothers. With accompanying music and commentary. Tinted. Volume 2 has a large selection from...

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