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Curiouser and Curiouser (1980 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Uses a science-fiction setting to illustrate the problem of distinguishing left from right. Discusses the violation of parity and the development of CP-invariance. Illustrates the Lee Yang theory of the...

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Alpha 2: The Next Big Anti-Matter Machine (2012)

Director

Liz Mermin

Producer

Roger Graef

Subject

Physics

One in a series of sixteen vignettes showing daily life inside the CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. The films depict everyday life inside the laboratory, featuring interviews with...

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Fog of War, The (2004)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 103 minutes), £19.99

An Oscar-winning documentary in which renowned film-maker Errol Morris interviews and challenges Robert S. McNamara, the former US Secretary of Defence during the Kennedy and Johnson eras of presidency, who...

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Interpreting Weather at Sea

Subject

Physics; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL)

Explains how the weather works, to help interpret official forecasts more accurately and read between the lines to turn a large area forecast into a local one. Covers energy transfer, gas law, adiabatic...

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Empty Desert, The (1973 Film)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An account of life in the Namib desert and of the adaptations of animals to life at very high daytime temperatures and virtually no rainfall. Shows the importance of the deposition of water by the diurnal...

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David Attenborough’s First Life (2010)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

From the fog bound coastline of Newfoundland to the deserts of North Africa and the rainforests of Queensland, Attenborough finds evidence in fossils and living animals of an extraordinary period in...

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Night and Fog (1955)

aka: Nuit et Brouillard

Director

Alain Resnais

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £15.99

Featuring contrasting colour film footage of the abandoned site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, alongside black and white archive material, filmed by both the Allied Forces and the Nazis,...

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Weapons: A Battle for Humanity (1995 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: Sfr30.00 (+p&p)

Shows the suffering that has been caused by specific types of weapons, what has been done in the past to ban such weapons as dum-dum bullets and poison gas, and what must still be done through international...

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Britain and the Holocaust (2002)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 22 minutes), £13.25

A graphic and highly informative resource, this DVD provides a frank and detailed insight into Britain’s role at the time of the Holocaust and Nazi domination, with useful footage from that period. In...

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Taking It Seriously: The Nurse’s Role in the Delivery of Anti-Depressant Drugs (1991 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Free loan to members (BMA) Sale (Healthcare), Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., £27.46 (inclusive)

Examines the role of nurses in the community working alongside GPs and community psychiatric nurses to ensure the effective delivery of anti-depressant drugs to clients with clinical depression. Interviews...

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