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Dams Menace Salmon

Date released

5 Oct 1936

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

585

NoS ID

034750

Story no

5 / 7

Canning industry threatened by river barriers. Ladders and elevators help fish climb to spawning-ground.

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Nile in Egypt, The (1966 Video)

Subject

Agriculture; Geography

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 13 min.

Demonstrates Egypt’s dependence on the River Nile for crop irrigation, shows traditional methods of directing water and deals with the new dams and barrages which are contributing to the more efficient use...

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Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1999 Radio)

aka: 5: The Tempest

Series

Sound Stories

Producer

Piers Burton-Page

Fifth in a series of episodes, broadcast over five consecutive days, devoted to music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Peggy Reynolds presents the following pieces of music: Locke’s "Curtain Tune" as...

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To Dam or Not to Dam (2000 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) UK education

Focuses on the findings of the World Commission on Dams, launched by Nelson Mandela in November 2000. Visits three countries to investigate the effects of the dams built there. In Brazil and Thailand local...

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News from Abroad

Date released

17 Oct 1935

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

550

NoS ID

141884

Story no

8 / 10

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Dams on the Seine at Avallon.

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Watermark (2013)

Director

Jennifer Baichwal; Edward Burtynsky

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £19.99

Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky team to co-direct Watermark, an environmentally conscious documentary that examines the relationship between mankind and water. The filmmakers travel to various...

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Great Web of Water, The Central Valley Project (1991 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., Free loan

Recounts the history of the Central Valley Project, California, and shows many of its components, including more than 20 dams and reservoirs and 1500 miles of canals, etc. that make up the great water system.

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Something big in dams

Date released

27 Nov 1922

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

243

NoS ID

347402

Story no

1 / 5

NoS synopsis: California

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Harvesting Water: The Permaculture Way (2007)

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £29.95

Geoff Lawton designs and builds a dam and swale system on a client’s small acre farm. Every detail is covered as Geoff and his students build a water harvesting system using the design principles of...

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Mighty Acheloos (1993 Video)

Producer

Thomas Schulz-Westrum

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

Thomas Schulz-Westrum follows Greece’s largest river, Achellos, from its source in the Pindus mountains to its delta and reveals that the dams and river diversion that the Greek government is proposing to...

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