Results

Monkey Colony is New Aid to Science

Date released

13 Mar 1939

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

839

NoS ID

036534

Story no

9 / 9

Island given to monkeys, so that scientists can solve disease problems by watching and treating them.

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

Bugs and Barometers (2002)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £130.50 + VAT

A series of six programmes in which five scientists are marooned, with very basic equipment, on the Caribbean island of Carriacou, just north of Granada, where they are challenged to use their scientific...

DVD Find Other To order

Island of Lost Souls (1932 Film)

Producer

Erle C. Kenton

Feature film adapted from H.G. Wells’ short novel The Island of Dr Moreau (1896). The hubristic scientist, Dr Moreau, is banished from his home to a remote island where he proclaims himself the absolute...

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions To order

First Test of Aerial H-Bomb

Date released

31 May 1956

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2338

NoS ID

073409

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents To order Moving image

This Island Flat Holm (1986 Video)

Director

Stuart A Leatherdale

Producer

Stuart A Leatherdale

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 24 min.

Discusses the ecology of the island of Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel. The flora and fauna as seen during a short visit in June and July, are shown as are the buildings left by man for defensive purposes...

DVD Find Other To order

Mapping It out (2002)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £130.50 + VAT

A series of six programmes in which five scientists are marooned, with very basic equipment, on the Caribbean island of Carriacou, just north of Granada, where they are challenged to use their scientific...

DVD Find Other To order

Voyages of Discovery (1988 Video)

Producer

David Jackson

Subject

Biology; Chemistry; Geology; Physics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An introduction to the four main science disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology and earth sciences, via a trip to the island of Madeira in the intelectual footsteps of Lyell, Darwin and Einstein.

DVD Find Other To order

Tropical Forest: The Conundrum of Co-Existence (1996 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the biodiversity, structure and function of a tropical forest and advances three current ideas to explain how so many species of plants and animals can co-exist in such remarkable profusion. Filmed...

DVD Find Other To order

Ice Research

Date released

1965

Series name

Commonwealth Review

Issue no

25

NoS ID

324927

Story no

1 / 6

NoS synopsis: How the icefields of Baffin Island are used for sport and research into the development of glaciers.

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

Harrisburg (1979 Film)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Looks at the reactions to the nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Uses extracts from local radio coverage of the incident.

DVD Find Other To order