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  1. David Hockney on Modern Art: An Interview with Melvyn Bragg (1981)

    Director
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 46 minutes), £50.00

    A studio discussion in which David Hockney offers a personal account of the development of modern art in the 20th century and defends its frequent divergence from ‘photographic ' realism. He traces the...

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  2. Imperial City (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Rowan
    Producer
    Margaret Williams
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of the building of New Delhi over three decades. Discusses the commissioning of Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker and the difficulties they faced. Shows how architecture, as an instrument of the...

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  3. Transmission of Nerve Impulses (1972 Film, Video)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The discharge of a nerve cell, the propagation of impulses along its axon and the position of the extra-cellular recording micro electrode. Synapses, summation, inhibition and excitation.

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  4. Gavin Bryars (1989 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Rowan
    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Illustrates the individual approach to composition by Gavin Bryars, a leading figure in the development of English experimental music, through varied musical extracts and his lively comments.

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  5. Recording from Single Neurons (1972 Film)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the positioning of a microelectrode for extracellular recording from the cortex of a cat. Shows the actual operation performed to gain access to the brain. Using a diagram, coveres the principles of...

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  6. Getting the Message? (1975 Film)

    Director
    David Rowan
    Producer
    David Rowan; Neil Ryder
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a science lesson in a middle school, during which significant aspects of the teacher’s role and of the reactions and needs of the class are highlighted. Intended to show the interaction of...

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  7. Visual Cortex of the Cat, The (1972 Film)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Dr Colin Blakemore explains and demonstrates the experiments used to establish the existence of simple, complex and hypercomplex cells in the visual cortex of the cat. The characteristic properties of these...

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  8. Stanley Spencer (1979 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Rowan
    Producer
    Margaret Williams
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Marries the artist’s own words from his journals and letters to his pictures and scenes of the places such as Cookham (where he was born in 1891) and the Port Glasgow shipyards, where he was a war artist...

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  9. Lateral Inhibition in the Retina (1972 Film, Video)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The types of cell in the cat’s retina and their basic actions are explained with the help of an animated diagram. Extracellular microelectrode recording from the axon of the ganglion cell is then shown....

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  10. Development in the Visual Cortex (1973 Video)

    Producer
    David Rowan
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min.

    Presents the results of Dr Colin Blakemore’s 1970s’ research on plasticity of neuronal responses in the visual cortex. Describes the concept of a ‘sensitive period’ in visual development by reference...

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