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Traders: Millions by the Minute: Episode 1 (2014)

Subject

Economics

Episode 1 of a two- part documentary which explores the world of financial traders and those who play the market in New York, London, Amsterdam and Chicago. This episode follows Manhattan hedge fund manager...

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Timewatch: The Empire State Story (2011)

Subject

Engineering

First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world’s tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. The iconic building’s history...

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Equinox: Near Miss (2010)

Director

Jeremy Llewelyn-Jones

Producer

Emma Bowman

Subject

Aviation

Behind the scenes of air traffic control in NewYork, the world’s busiest airspace. There’s a dramatic rise in the number of near misses, is this due to the sheer volume of traffic? Near-misses are...

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Statue of Liberty, The: Building a Colossus (2001)

Director

Corin Watson

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 52 minutes), $139.99

It is the symbol of freedom the world over. a "Modern Colossus" to represent America to the world. But the Statue of Liberty was a French invention, a result of the vision of 19th century artist Frédéric...

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Bauhausworld: The Effect (2019)

Director

Lydia Ranke

Subject

Architecture; Design

How has the Bauhaus school of architecture and design, Germany’s best-known art school, shaped the world we live in today? This is a three-part documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of...

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Cities for People (2011)

Subject

Architecture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD, £65.00

Video of a lecture given in 2011 at the New London galleries in the Building Centre by the Danish architect and city planner Jan Gehl, whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by...

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Flaw, The

Director

David Sington

Producer

Stephen Lambert; Christopher Hird

Subject

Economics

Made by international award-winning documentary maker David Sington, The FLAW tells the story of the credit bubble that caused the global financial crash of 2008. Through interviews with some of the...

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Making Stuff: Stronger, Smaller, Cleaner, Smarter (4 Parts) (2011)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 4 x 60 minutes), $19.99

We are facing a revolution in the science of materials. From carbon nanotubes to spider silk, sticky gecko feet to bulletproof foam, scientists are combining high-technology with nature’s most incredible...

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Lost Centuries, The (8 Parts) (1968)

Subject

Archaeology; History

An 8-part television series made in 1968 looking at post-Roman Britain from the rise of Christianity and the influence of the later Islamic empires though to the beginning of the Renaissance. The series also...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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