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  1. Documents in Stone: Early Christian Crosses from the North West (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min., 1996 sale: £19.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Explores the significance of early Christian sculpture as an historical source by looking at four Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age crosses in Cumbria and the Solway basin. Looks in detail at the eighth-century...

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  2. Haiti Earthquake, The: Impacts, Responses and Vulnerability (2013)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 45 minutes), £45.00

    This resource looks at the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The film first sets out Haiti’s historical context to explain why the earthquake’s impact was so devastating. Then, using footage filmed...

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  3. Lessons from Engineering Failures: Ronan Point, Tay Bridge, Dolgarrog Dam, Comet Airliners Etc (1982 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, 37 slides. col.

    Looks at the historical and geographical background to the problem of east coast floods and the threat to London, and how it is hoped that modern engineering can contain it.

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  4. Simon Schama’s American Future: A History (2008)

    Subject
    Economics; Geography; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £25.99

    As the United States prepares for the 2008 election, historian Simon Schama presents a personal view of how America arrived at where it is today, and the challenges it faces for the future. With the US...

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  5. Grindabod (1966 Film)

    Producer
    Douglas Fisher
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows something of the way of life on the Faroes, the group of islands midway between Scotland and Iceland. There is a long sequence on the slaughter of pilot whales by villagers who depend on the whales for...

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  6. Agronomist, The (2004)

    Director
    Jonathan Demme
    Subject
    Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

    A presentation of the story of Jean Dominique, who ran Haiti’s first independent radio station during multiple repressive regimes. A radio journalist, human rights activist and freedom fighter, he was...

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  7. Britain’s Lost World: Story of St Kilda

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £12.99

    Wildlife enthusiast Kate Humble, historian Dan Snow and biologist Steve Backshall travel to the St. Kilda archipelago in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland where they investigate the islands’ wildlife and...

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  8. History of Scotland, A (2009)

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 600 minutes), £29.99

    Neil Oliver, archaeologist, broadcaster and charismatic presenter of the award-winning documentary series Coast, charts the birth and growth of the Scottish nation in a compelling and comprehensive series....

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  9. Heart of the Dragon (1984)

    Director
    Peter Montagnon; Mischa Scorer; David Kennard; Nigel Houghton
    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 720 minutes), $19.95

    A major series of 12, 60-minute television programmes presenting a penetrating look at post-Mao China. The first programme, REMEMBERING, puts modern China in a historical perspective, and each of the...

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  10. City, The (2009)

    Director
    Willard Van Dyke; Ralph Steiner
    Producer
    Ralph Steiner
    Subject
    Architecture; Geography; Music; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 132 minutes), £14.99

    Based on the Lewis Mumford book, ‘The Culture of Cities’, which analyses the historical phases and modern social consequences of metropolitan life. Made for the 1939 New York World’s Fair ("The World...

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