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Instruments of the Orchestra (1946 Video)

aka: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Subject

Music

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 21 min.

Contains the Benjamin Britten composition ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell’ better known as ‘The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra’. Through the co-operation of the composer,...

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New Visions of the Universe (1981 Film, Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes different means of observing the universe from the earth. Describes the universe today, granulation of the sun, magnetic fields, eruptions on the sun and their effects on the earth. Discusses the...

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Making a Cello (1976 Film, Video)

Director

Roger Hill

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the making of a cello by instrument-maker Alec McCurdy, tracing the process from the felling of the tree to the finished instrument. Includes excerpts of solo cello music by Imogen Holst, Bach and...

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Observations and Data (2006)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 20 minutes), £69.00

One of the most important processes in science is the art of observing. This video resource highlights different ways observations are made, emphasising methods by which students can observe their world....

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Organ, The: Simon Preston at the Organ of Westminster Abbey (1965 Video)

Director

Muir Mathieson

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 39 min., 1996 sale: £9.95 (+p&p)

WE MAKE MUSIC is a series of films made in the 1960s for the study of music. Devoted to the study of a single instruments and its family, each film is presented by an artist chosen for excellence as a...

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String Quartet, The (1990)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL), £44.00

Produced by the University of East Anglia, this programme examines stringed instruments via the form and origin of the string quartet from its inception as ‘chamber’ music in the eighteenth century to...

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Scottish Crafts (2001 Multimedia)

Subject

Crafts

Distribution

CD-ROM

Examines the role of crafts in culture and brings together makers and their materials, skills and products. Uses individual objects, diagrams, text and video footage of practising makers to look at the...

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Dor, Low is Better (1987 Video)

Director

Robert Boonzajer-Flaes

Subject

Anthropology; Music

Distribution

Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 47 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An experimental approach to the comparative study of cultures: the monks of a Tibetan monastery compare their own flutes with the Swiss alphorn and the Dutch windhorn introduced to them by the...

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Introduction to Midi, An (1988 Video)

Director

David Anderson

Subject

Information technology; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 36 min.

The Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) port is an increasingly familiar facility on microcomputers and electronic instruments. The video explains and demonstrates the use of MIDI, focussing on a...

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Women in Chemistry: Mildred Cohn (2014)

Subject

Chemistry

Mildred Cohn transformed the study of enzymes, building her own high-tech instruments when the right ones weren’t available. She also helped pioneer the technique of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and...

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