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Sewing Machine, The: / The Refrigerator (1988 Video)

Director

Andrew Snell

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 some familiar domestic machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated...

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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

Date

7 May 2013, 12:33

Author

Markeda Cole

Post Type

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For the week ending 19th April 2013, the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service feature: slavery in Britain; the history of radio and sound; and the life and controversial times of...

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Angela James: Sewing on Tape and Cords / Maurice Parkinson: The ‘Master Pulp’ Leaf Casting Machine / Bernard Middleton: Aging New Work / Conservation for Romania (1994 Video)

Subject

Crafts; Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 66 min., 1996 sale: £39.50 (+p&p)

4: Conservation for Roumania is a project of the European Art Conservation Trust which includes a conservation workshop in Bucharest.

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Kalagas: Burmese Embroidered Tapestries (1999 Video)

Producer

Janet Willougby

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

DVD

Shows the process of producing kalagas in the Mandalay area of Burma. The padded embroideries of Burma are virtually unique. Their combination of legendary figures and animals, sequins, stones and mirrors...

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Thread of the Needle (1982 Video)

aka: Thread of a Needle

Director

Colette Piault

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 22 minutes), £24.00

Young men leave their rural Greek village in Epirus to find work, learn a trade or serve in the army while a young woman may leave her father’s house only to enter her husband’s. The unmarried girls...

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Cateec: Computer-Aided Textile and Engineering Education Consortium, Tltp Project (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

CD-ROM

A suite of modules covering some basic mechanical engineering concepts alongside a full range of textile manufacturing machinery and processes, including testing. Intended for pre-laboratory prerparation,...

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Tuc Equal Pay Archive (2007)

Subject

Social Studies; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.00

The TUC Equal Pay oral history archive consists of eight filmed interviews with women and union representatives who have won important equal pay victories in the last 50 years. Each of the stories has...

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Coi Collection: Vol 4 - Stop! Look! Listen! (2010)

Subject

Health & safety; History; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 237 minutes), £19.99

STOP! LOOK! LISTEN is the fourth volume released in the BFI’s series of films made by the Central Office of Information. It includes films looking at health, welfare and safety messages for the public...

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Media Screen Roundup - March 2015

Date

17 Apr 2015, 10:52

Author

Linda

Post Type

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The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. The Red Shoes and Soviet film feature in...

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BUFVC Easter Top 10 TV & Radio Programme Requests

Date

17 Apr 2013, 17:49

Author

Markeda Cole

Post Type

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For the week ending 12th April 2013 , the top requested programme titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service included coverage of such topics as opera and popular music, economics and high street...

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