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Changing Images of Political Leaders: The Conservative Party 1945-1979 (1982 Multimedia)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, 30 slides. b&w.

The package provides a selection of cartoonists’ graphic images designed to examine the leaders of the Conservative Party 1945-79. Cartoons drawn for the major newspapers and opinion-forming journals are...

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Atmospheric Convection and Simulation (1980 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 32 min.

Nature of convection in the atmosphere (time-lapse of cumulus over sun-heated mountains) and in the laboratory (tank demonstration). Description of ‘meteotron’ and shots of experiments in 1978-79 to...

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Alabama 40 Years on (1979 Film)

Director

Carol Bell

Producer

Alan Yentob

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

At the height of the American depression in the summer of 1936, writer James Agee and photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975) travelled south to Alabama. They lived with a family of poor white white farmers...

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Clipbank - History (2002)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (Hybrid, 30-40 mins each), £35.25 each

A series of five history TV-ROMs each presenting free-standing clips from the ITN news archive, to support specific topics in the history curriculum at Key Stage 3 and 4.

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Life and Work of Georges Seurat, The: Point Counterpoint (1979 Video)

Director

Ann Turner

Producer

Ann Turner

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 71 minutes), £14.95

The early drawings and oil paintings of Georges Seurat (1859-1891) explored the qualities of materials and light. From his studies of colour and perception he developed his theory of divisionism and the...

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Mother of All Collisions, The (2000)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £79.99

Discusses the fundamental laws of conservation that connect all collisions large and small, from passengers to elementary particles. Looks at the Large Hadron Collider, which will probe the nature of...

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Newton’s Revolution (1994)

Producer

Michael Peet

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £79.99

The earth revolves, and the question arises, how come if you jump up you don’t land somewhere else? Two academics guide the viewer away from the intuitive reasoning of the ancient Greeks to the scientific...

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Incredible Shrinking Chip, The (2000)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £79.99

Looks at the history of the semiconductor transistor, the silicon chip that controls computers, mobile phones and many other electical products. Talks to Gordon Moore, a found of semiconductor manufacturer...

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Change for the Better? A: Britain in the 1930’s, (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 82 min., 1995 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

Video-based teaching pack looking at British life in the 1930s through archive film, textual data and personal accounts. Contains contemporary archive footage from the GPO Film Unit. The five units cover...

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Helmut Newton (1988)

aka: Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

Director

Adrian Maben

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 100 minutes), £17.99

Documents the work and lifestyle of Australian photographer Helmut Newton in Paris, Los Angeles and Monte Carlo. Shows not only his art but also the business of his art and how he gathers about him the rich,...

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