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Tibet (1976 Film)

Director

Felix Greene

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes the social changes that have taken place since 1950 when the Chinese Communist army entered Tibet to re-establish what the Chinese considered their rightful territory. Interviews with a range of...

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Dna in Practice: An Introduction (1992 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 53 min.

Shows how DNA is extracted and purified before being analysed using electrophoresis. Southern blotting and probing of the DNA using a radioactively labelled probe. These techniques form the basis of DNA...

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Locomotion, Rail, Snow (1992 Video)

Director

Geoffrey Jones

Producer

Edgar Anstey; Geoffrey Jones

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 37 min., 1992 sale: £10.99

LOCOMOTION (1975, 15 min), produced by Geoffrey Jones, presents a chronology of British railway history and made to commemorate the 150th anniversity of the Stockton and Darlington railway, the world’s...

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Alan Clark Diaries, The (2004)

Subject

Drama; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £16.99

A television dramatisation, broadcast in 6 parts, of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP.Controversial, irreverent, charming and vain, Alan Clark was one of the most colourful politicians...

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Buildings - Who Cares? (1985 Video)

Director

David Thompson

Producer

Ann Balfour Fraser

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min.

Many options exist between the instinct to create new buildings and to preserve existing ones. This film, developed from an original idea by architect Donald Insali, examines the implications on three...

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British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld (2014)

aka: British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld, Series 1 & 2

Director

Bruce Burgess; Chris Matthews

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 450 minutes), £24.99

Documentary programme presented by crime author Bernard O’Mahoney that seeks to provide an insight into some of the most feared criminals in the UK. Men such as the Kray brothers, Paul Ferris, Frankie...

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Molluscs, Mechanisms and Minds (1991 Video)

Producer

Barrie Whatley

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

J Z Young’s identification of the squid giant axon in the 1930s was the foundation of the study of how we might learn about our own nervous systems from the study of those of other animals. Archive film...

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Basic Mapwork Techniques (2 Parts) (1979 Multimedia)

Producer

T W Fyfe

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, 42, 29 slides. col.

Part 2: contour line; contour interval; drawing contours and numbering contour heights; cliff markings; spot heights; contour patterns. The programme requires OS Map Extract no. 383/36.

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Budgeting and Beyond: Cd-Rom Courses in Budgeting (9 Parts) (1997 Multimedia)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

CD-ROM

Interactive study programmes on CD-ROM covering all aspects of budgeting, from basics to leading edge budgeting issues. Each course lasts 4 hours.

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All White in Barking / Men of the City - Two Films by Marc Isaacs (2010)

Director

Marc Isaacs

Subject

Film studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 133 minutes), £12.99

This release brings together two documentaries by Marc Isaacs that explore the themes of race and class: ALL WHITE IN BARKING and MEN OF THE CITY. ALL WHITE IN BARKING probes the attitudes of Barking’s...

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