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Stirring It Up!

Date released

30 Nov 1961

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1695A

NoS ID

024383

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stirring It Up!. DESCRIPTION: Hattie Jacques and Ken Dodd, if they don’t wreck the Christmas pudding (presented by Australia for distribution by London’s Lord Mayor) there will be...

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Black Sugar (1988)

Director

Michel Régnier

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 59 minutes), on application

A shocking look at the living and working conditions of Haitian agricultural labourers in the Dominican Republic. Each year, some 20 000 workers cross the border to cut sugar cane, lured by promises of good...

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Veterinary Public Health and Your Sunday Roast: The Role of Vets in Safe Meat Production (2015)

Subject

Veterinary science

Andrew Grist, Continuing Education Manager at the University of Bristol, explains the role played by vets in the production of meat.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Strachey Explains

Date released

4 Jul 1946

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

891A

NoS ID

013923

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bread Rationing - Mr Strachey Explains. DESCRIPTION: The Minister of Food replies to housewives and explains why there is bread rationing. SHOTLIST: KS MS Strachey at desk. MS & SCU of...

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Chicken Madness (2007)

Director

Marcello Faraggi

Subject

Development studies; Economics; Geography

How Europe’s exports harm Africa - a film on globalisation, drawing on the example of exporting surplus European chicken to Cameroon. (29 minutes). in a second programme CHICKEN MADNESS - STUDIO DISCUSSION...

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Eat Less Meat - It’s Costing the Earth (2003)

aka: Genetic Engineering and Farm Animals

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 17 minutes), free to education

This video and the accompanying report argue that rising meat consumption: is putting unsustainable pressure on the earth’s resources of land, water and energy; diverts grain needed to feed people to use...

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Ghana’s Roosting Bird (2007)

Director

Miriam Rowe; Gemma Gander

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies; Economics; Geography

A short film looking at what Ghanaian farmer’s have to battle with. Despite plentiful fields, cheap imports and a lack of support from the Ghanaian government means that farmers cannot easily supply their...

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Dark Side of Chocolate, The (2011)

Director

Miki Mistrati; Roberto Romano

Producer

Helle Faber

Subject

Agriculture; Business studies; Economics

Children eat chocolate every day of the year. They enjoy the delicious taste of cocoa, which originated in Africa. But behind the production of their delicious treats, there is another taste altogether: the...

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Wto - Wrecking Animal Protection (2003)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 21 minutes), free to education

World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules are designed to enable free trade, but can inhibit attempts to improve animal protection. Under the WTO rules a country, or a group such as the European Union (EU),...

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Bitter Taste of Tea, The: A Journey into the World of Fair Trade (2010)

aka: Den Bitre Smag Af Te

Director

Tom Heinemann

Subject

Agriculture; Business studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 58 minutes), 28 euros

This programme travels to tea estates in Sri Lanka, Kenya, India, and Bangladesh—some traditional, some fair trade—to expose unsafe work environments and labour exploitation. The workers are plucking tea...

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