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Inside Art (2000 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., 2001 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

Five 15-minute television programmes, each following a painting from inital concept to complete, using time-lapse camera techniques. Painters featured are 1) Martin Jones; 2) Nicola Bealing; 3) Susanna...

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Medical Scientists at Work (2000 Video)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2001 sale: £41.13 (inclusive)

Looks at medical scientists working in three fields: studying insects to see if they contain chemicals that will be useful for medicines; how some diseases can be carried on DNA and how this can be...

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Predator, The (1994 Video)

Producer

Kate O’Sullivan

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Recounts efforts by scientists to save the ‘Partula’, a Polynesian tree snail, which has been driven to near-extinction in its natural habitats by ‘Euglandina’, a rapacious meat-eating snail...

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Kings and Cities (1983 Video)

Director

Mike Csaky; Andrew Harries; John Percival; Christopher Ralling

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

Focusses on the city of Kano in northern Nigeria and seeks to explore links between past and present in the context of political structures, historical sequences and spatial relationships.

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Life in the Freezer (1993)

Producer

Alastair Fothergill

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 174 minutes), £16.99

David Attenborough presents a series on the natural history of Antarctica, an inhospitable landscape that is home to a rich, often unique, variety of wildlife. In six parts: The Bountiful Sea; The Ice...

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Road Home, The (1992 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. ? min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

An adaptation of the Green Candle Dance Company’s production for 11-18-year-olds. Focuses on the plight of refugees and celebrates the very different stories of three survivors from the Middle East,...

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Peaceful Exit, A (1996 Video)

Producer

Ian Stuttard; Alma Taft

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows the parents of two-year-old Ian Stewart, who was brain damaged after an operation and is in constant pain. They campaign for his right to die in the face of the tragedy of the situation and an...

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Revolution Will Not Be Televised, The (2007)

aka: Chavez: Inside the Coup

Director

Kim Bartley; Donnacha O’Briain

Subject

Media studies; Politics & government

An intimate profile of the charismatic and unconventional Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the coup attempt against him in April 2002, and his dramatic return to power some 48 hours later. 75 minutes

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Living with Dyspraxia (2001)

Subject

Education; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £75.20 (inclusive)

Shows a day in the life of an 11-year-old boy with dyspraxia, what his difficulties are and how both parents and education providers can help him. Together with the accompanying book the pack aims to help...

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English Civil War, The 2 (2000 Multimedia)

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

An multimedia survey of the military, social, political and religious aspects of the English civil war. Includes filmed re-creations of key events and the complete text of S R Gardiner’s ‘History of the...

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