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Contact Comfort (Monkeys and Surrogate Mothers) (1959 Video)

aka: Nature and Development of Affection

Director

Harry F Harlow

Subject

Biology; Psychology

Distribution

Sale (video - Insight), Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 19 min., 1999 sale: US$219.00 (video)

Shows H F Harlow’s experiments on the development of affection in primates. Rhesus monkeys, separated from their mothers at birth and raised nursing or non-nursing on cloth or wire surrogate mothers, were...

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D H Lawrence: ‘The Rainbow’ (1978 Audio)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 56 min.

Side 2: Considers the novel as a pattern of symbols and scores which carry the story forward and give poetic form. Argues that the use of symbols and language of the Christian church are intrinsic to the novel.

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Norman Conquest, The (1982 Video)

Director

Colin Grimshaw

Producer

Kathleen Burk

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Professor H R Loyn looks at the European and English contexts of the Norman conquest, at the organisations and military strengths of the Normans, and at the personalities involved. He describes the battle of...

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Introduction to Basic, An (1980 Multimedia)

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 30 min.; 32 slides. col.

BASIC is one of the most widely used computer languages, although there are many variations. Introduces those features of BASIC common to most versions. Presents a computer program written to solve a simple...

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Porcine Parvovirus Reproductive Failure (1977 Multimedia)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Tape-slide. Audiocassette. 85 min.; 47 slides. col.

Describes the basic features of porcine viral reproductive failure. Discusses in detail reproductive failure due to porcine parvovirus infection. Aims to enable the practitioner to deal with diagnosis and...

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Gasterosteus Aculeatus ('Gasterosteidae’): Mating and Spawning (1962 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows nest-building, mating behaviour and spawning among sticklebacks. After several unsuccessful mating attempts, caused by the aggressiveness of the female or by her low level of spawning readiness the...

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Islanders, The (1939 Video)

Director

Maurice Harvey; Stewart McAllister

Producer

J.B. Holmes

Subject

Anthropology; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 17 min.

A documentary showing life on Eriskay, Guernsey and Inner Farne islands linked to Britain by means of the Post Office. Music by Darius Milhaud.

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Stephen Spender with Al Alvarez (1986 Video)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Al Alvarez interviews Stephen Spender on his own work and ideas about poetry, as well as his close friendship with W H Auden. The discussion also considers general issues such as the poet’s place in...

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English Flats of the Thirties (1975 Video)

Subject

Architecture; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at two very different developments to illustrate the differences and the common factors in the design of flats in the 1930s. TGhe huge municipal Quarry Hill estate in Leeds, designed by R A H Livett,...

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In the Steps of D.H. Lawrence: An Exile in Creativity (2015)

Director

Garry Shead

Subject

Art; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 31 minutes), £95.00 (University licence)

This documentary by Garry Shead is a creative journey in the footsteps of the English novelist and poet, exploring his life and work with expert commentary and rich illustration of archival footages of WWI...

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