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Countryside Birds (2009)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD), £9.70

An audio guide to the sounds of birds of the British Countryside. The British countryside is renowned for its natural beauty and diverse wildlife and any walk, whether it be in woodland, wetland or open...

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Romantics and Realists (1870-C1920) (1984 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) 1997 sale: £89.95 (+VAT +p&p) series of 16 programmes

Readings from Thomas Hardy, Gerald Manley Hopkins, E A Houseman and Rudyard Kipling. Ashcroft and Glover read from Hardy: ‘The Ruined Maid’, ‘In Church’, ‘At Castle Boterel’, ‘I Looked into my...

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Miracle of Life, The (1982 Film, Video)

Producer

Carl O Löfman; Bebe Nixon

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Until recently the process of fertilisation had never been seen in detail. Now, using new developments in camera techniques and technology, the programme explores the beauty of the hidden microworld of human...

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Cordelia Swann (1998)

Director

Cordelia Swann

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

out of distribution

A compilation of video pieces by video artist Cordelia Swann, designed for study and research and providing an overview of her work. Swann’s films are investigations of authentic memories, real places and...

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Building by Numbers (1995)

Producer

Anne-Marie Gallen

Subject

Architecture; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Looks at the use of mathematics by architects Palladio, Le Corbusier and Bernard Tschumi. Palladio’s 16th-century Italian buildings reflect his belief in the perfection of nature as epitomised by geometry...

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Iron Strain, The (1915 Film)

aka: Modern Taming of the Shrew, A

Director

Reginald Barker

Producer

Thomas H. Ince

Feature film. Octavia is a rich society beauty living in New York. Her grandfather, a mining magnate, sends her to Alaska fearing that she is about to marry a foolish city boy. There she meets Chuck...

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Das Publikum Will Shakespeare (1953 Radio)

aka: What the Public Wants is Shakespeare

Producer

Heinrich Koch

Radio play based on the short story ‘Excursion in Reality’ by Evelyn Waugh (1932), adapted for broadcasting by Olga Klaenforth. Waugh’s satire on the film industry features the visionary studio...

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Glamorganshire - Challenge of Tomorrow

Date released

Feb 1966

Series name

Mining Review 19th Year

Issue no

6

NoS ID

346319

Story no

2 / 3

NoS synopsis: Porth, in the Rhondda, is to be replanned. Cymmer Colliery is to be the focal point of the replanned community. NCB Commentary - Cymmer Colliery, at Porth, in the Rhondda Valley. Now worked...

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Lancashire - Guys and Dolls

Date released

Sep 1965

Series name

Mining Review 19th Year

Issue no

1

NoS ID

346301

Story no

1 / 4

NoS synopsis: Lancashire Miners’ Gala (beauty queens and wrestling) NCB Commentary - No miners’ gala would be complete without bands and banners - or familiar face in the crowd. Onto the field at Leigh...

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COALS FOR CHINA

Date released

Sep 1958

Series name

Mining Review 12th Year

Issue no

1

NoS ID

346015

Story no

3 / 4

BFI synopsis: making of porcelain and china at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works. NCB Commentary - The "Arcturus" coal serves a factory on the banks of the canal where fine Porcelain has been made for...

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