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Locksmiths of the Black Country (1989 Video)

Director

Jonathan Smith

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Preview, 5 videocassettes. VHS. col. 957 min.

One of the first businesses to manufacture locks by hand in the West Midlands. Interviews and shots of the process.

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Natural Disaster Films 1905-1973 (2005)

aka: Natural Disaster Films - Earthquakes, Floods, Tornados & Hurricanes

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 150 minutes), $19.95

A compilation of footage of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes & hurricanes. Includes: 1936 PITTSBURGH FLOOD (PART II - PART I MISSING) (1936, 2:49, Silent); A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET BEFORE THE FIRE (1906,...

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Soweto: A History (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col.

A three-part series in which the people of Soweto tell the story of Soweto, South Africa’s largest city, from the turn of the century to the present day.

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Losing the Thread: The Experience of Psychosis (1992 Video)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC). col. 54 min., 1999 sale: US$179.00 (+p&p) (PAL)

A portrait of a woman who has suffered from intermittent psychosis for 25 years. Rachel Corday explains how it feels to experience a psychotic episode.

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Brits Who Made the Modern World (2009)

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Series of six 30-minute programmes in which Peter Snow looks at the untold stories of British scientists and engineers who developed some of the modern world’s most incredible technology. The series covers...

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Devil’s Music, The: Series 2 (2011)

Subject

Music

A series of four 25-minute programmes in which Alexis Korner investigates the roots of American Blues music.

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Microbial Engine (1991)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 36 min.

Illustrates the role of algae and protozoa in the biological processes that support life on earth and also their place in biotechnology. There are sequences of microscopic algae and protozoa from marine,...

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Audience with Charles Dickens, An (1996 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (125 minutes)

Simon Callow re-enacts the public readings given by Charles Dickens, reading extracts from five of the most popular Dickens novels. The readings aim for an accurate re-creation of Dickens’s style - costume...

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Volcanoes: Life on the Edge (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

CD-ROM

A tour of active volcanoes with photojournalist Roger Ressmeyer, plus photographs, maps, documents, paintings articles and artifacts on vulcanology and volcanologists.

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Longest Struggle, The: Karen of Burma (1993 Video)

Producer

John Sheppard

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at Burma where, for 50 years, the Karen have been fighting a vicious battle for independence against one of the most repressive regimes in the world.

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