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  1. Plutonium Dream (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min.

    Looks at the controversy over the UK fast breeder reactor at Dounreay on Scotland’s north coast. With early colour footage, traces the history of the plutonium-fuelled fast breeder reactor, and examines...

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  2. Hammersmith Flyover, The (1961 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    London’s Hammersmith Flyover was constructed to carry westbound traffic over the approach roads to Hammersmith Broadway. The superstructure of the flyover is of prestressed concrete construction supported...

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  3. Hilton: Palacio del Rio (1968 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The 21-storey Hilton Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, was built in nine months. This short construction time was made possible by pre-casting each room unit at a nearby pre-casting yard. Before being...

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  4. What to Do About Co (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 39 min.

    The term ‘greenhouse effect’ is becoming commonplace. It concerns the global problem of increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. This increase, it is predicted, will produce a warming of the...

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  5. Atholdale, A Limestone Valley (1973 Video)

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Atholdale is a valley in the carboniferous limestone plateau of Derbyshire. Investigates some of the differences in vegetation at various points in the valley and, with reference to three grasses...

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  6. Fate of the Forests (1983)

    Director
    Alan Pendry
    Producer
    Douglas Gordon
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 27 min.

    Assesses the causes and effects of destroying tropical rainforests. Rural families of the Third World need firewood for fuel and timber is a valuable currency earner. Describes the efforts being made...

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  7. Global Sea Levels (1989)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99

    To measure mean sea level, the effects of tides and weather must be accurately known and the effects of land movements and ice cover can dominate local measurements. Uncertainties about future rates of rise...

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  8. Trees of Plenty (1986 Film, Video)

    Director
    Neil McKee
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Nepal, the Central American rain forests of Costa Rica and in Nigeria, slash-and-burn farming methods are showing long-term harmful effects. Where trees have been cleared the top soil becomes eroded and...

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  9. Strength of Materials Laboratory Series (10 Parts) (1974 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A series of 10 films aiming to introduce the student to methods and instrumentation used in the laboratory for the determination of mechanical properties of engineering materials, to illustrate the behaviour...

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  10. Seals (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Stuart Carter
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The grey seal population on the Isle of May has greatly increased in recent years, reflecting a much larger population increase throughout the British Isles as a whole. Grey seals form part of a convenient...

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