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Last Party (1993), The (1999)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 96 minutes), $9.90

Robert Downey Jr reports on the National Democratic Convention in 1992, with a cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or get the kind of government they deserve. Features...

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Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (1997 Video)

Director

Terry Sanders

Subject

Information technology; Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL or NTSC). col. 30 or 56 min., 1997 sale: US$39.50 (+p&p) for 30-minuteversion 1997 sale: US$59.50 (+p&p) for 56-minute version

Looks at the hidden crisis of the digital information age, asking whether digitally stored information and knowledge will survive into the future. Discussing the issue are Peter Norton (Norton Utilities),...

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Making and Meaning: Rubens’s Landscapes (1996 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

Rubens painted his landscapes largely for his own pleasure, and many of them are painted on panels made up of several individual pieces of wood. The programme includes a reconstruction of the preparation of...

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Wicken Fen (1967 Film)

Director

Robin Crane

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, a wetland nature reserve belonging to the National Trust, is almost the last example of the once extensive fenlands. Shows the variety of wildlife to be found there in the...

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Hard Times: Public Libraries in a Time of Financial Constraint (1978 Video)

Producer

R J Edwards

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 32 min.

Presents a discussion of the problems arising in the provision of public library services in a time of expenditure restrictions. Taking part in the discussion are Royston Brown, Librarian, Cambridge County...

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Programmed Teaching of Medical Interviewing (5 Parts) (1979 Video)

Producer

Paul Morby

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 23 min.

A series of five programmes intended for self-instruction. The programmes were made in Birmingham with contributions from Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester.

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Urinary System, The (1997)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version), £24.00

Twenty-two tutorials covering various diseases affecting the kidney and lower urinary tract. They include a wide range of illustrations of gross microscopic lesions, along with questions that prompt the...

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Power for All Seasons (1977 Film, Video)

Director

Peter Brown

Producer

Bryan Copplestone; Bob Daughton

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The design and application of the sponsor’s type TB gas turbine. Includes sequences shot in works in Qatar, Tunisia, Texas, Argentina and Scotland. Background material for second-year courses in...

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Shakespeare Audiotapes, Series

The pre-recorded programmes in this series combine academic criticism and actors’ rehearsals of key scenes and speeches. The scenes rehearsed on the second side of the tapes are directed by John Russell...

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Saturday Morning Pictures: Best of the Children’s Film Foundation, Vol 4 (2002)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £(.99 (inclusive)

Two films made by the Children’s Film Foundation. The DVD contains 2 extra programmes from THE MAGNIFICENT 6 1/2 series.

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