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  1. Passage (2009)

    Director
    John Walker
    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 113 minutes), $99.00

    The news shook the English-speaking world. Celebrated British explorer Sir John Franklin and his crew perished in the Arctic during an ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest Passage. More shocking, they...

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  2. Seeing New Englandly

    Producer
    Ernie Urvater
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 57 minutes), $19.95

    SEEING NEW ENGLANDLY, the second programme in the series "Angles of a Landscape: Perspectives on Emily Dickinson," explores the poet’s education, her lifelong interest in science and literature, her...

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  3. Pine Point: A Lead-Zinc Deposit (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A case study of a large metal mine: the Pine Point deposit, one of the world’s largest lead-zine mines, lies on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Here, in the...

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  4. Eruption of Mount St Helens, The (1981 Multimedia)

    Producer
    Tony Midson
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    REFERENCE COPY AT BUFVC, Audiocassette. 35 min. 154 colour slides.

    In March 1980 the Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state became active after over a century of quiet. For two months it displayed a variety of geological phenomena that captivated the public and...

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  5. In the Land of the War Canoes (1972 Film)

    aka: In the Land of the Headhunters

    Director
    Edward S Curtis
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A romanticised saga of Kwakiutl Indian life on the northwest coast of America, filmed in 1914 by Edward S Curtis, who was already famous for his still photographs of Indians, and his writings about them. It...

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  6. First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture (2010)

    Director
    David Sheen
    Subject
    Architecture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), $19.95

    FIRST EARTH is about a massive paradigm shift for shelter—building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the very earth itself, and living together like in the old days, by recreating villages. An...

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  7. Italy (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

    Originally broadcast as 5 separate 20-minute programmes examining Italy’s new geographica trends - globalisation and ide-industrialisation and Italy’s position in the EU. The programmes span the crucial...

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  8. Disaster Series 3 (6 Programmes) (1999)

    Subject
    Engineering; Health & safety; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 6 x 30 minutes), £1,170 series or £195 each

    The third DISASTER series examines six major technological catastrophes, using original BBC footage, recreations and interviews with key decision-makers. These include: the 1989 sinking of the Marchioness on...

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  9. Why Democracy? (Short Films) (2007)

    Subject
    Development studies; Philosophy; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Not In Distribution

    In October 2007, ten one-hour films focusing on contemporary democracy were broadcast in the world’s largest ever factual media event. Running alongside the 10 documentaries, and integral to the outreach...

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