Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
1-10 of 28 results | Page 1 of 3
« First
‹ Prev123Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. Evolution on Hawaii (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Introduces the geological history of Hawaii and shows how the volcanic environment and climate have produced many different kinds of habitat. Illustrates how species got to the islands and how they became...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  2. Drive

    Date
    8 May 2013, 10:16
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Drive: Journeys through Film, Cities and Landscapes by Iain Borden (Reaktion Books, 2013). 256 pages. ISBN: 978-1780230269 (paperback) £18; ISBN: 978-1780230719 (eBook), £17.48 About the reviewer: Brian...

    Other Other Record only Record only

  3. Species and Evolution (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Examines what a species is, and using selected examples describes how some of them have evolved in Hawaii where isolation coupled with the dynamic interactions of geology and climate have produced a...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  4. Fastest Claw in the West, The (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Keenan Smart
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Documentary on the mantis shrimp, an inhabitant of the coral beaches of Hawaii, whose predatory strike is one of the fastest animal movements known. Looks at the work of Dr Roy Caldwell in Hawaii and...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  5. Case History of a Volcano (1969 Film)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A record of the events over several years preceding a volcanic eruption including scenes of the Kilauea Iki erupting. The construction of new seismographs and tilt meters and their use in experiments is...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  6. Cane Toads (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 46 min.

    Tongue-in-cheek study of cane toads, originally imported into Queensland in 1935 from Hawaii to save the sugar crop from destruction by the greyback beetle. The toads bred rapidly and became an agricultural...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  7. Eclipse of the Century (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 60 min., 1999 sale: US$19.95 (+p&p)

    Looks at the total solar eclipse viewed on 11 July 1991 from the observatories at the top of Mauna Keo, a dormant volcano, in Hawaii. Also relates the problems of the preparations as astronomers faced...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  8. Drosophila: Biology and Behaviour of Hawaiian Picture Wings (1991 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The biology and behaviour of Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, - the so-called ‘picture-wings’ - showing the life cycle and male-male and male-female interactions. Discusses a natural fungicide that is a...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  9. Inside Volcanoes (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Volcanoes produce a wide variety of different features on the surface, which are often controlled by the viscosity of the magma, which is in turn controlled by its composition and the temperature at which it...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  10. Obama: His Story (2009)

    Producer
    Guy Smith
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £195.00

    BBC correspondent Clive Myrie traces the life story of America’s first black president. From Obama’s broken home childhood in Hawaii, through his political awakening in the rough neighbourhoods of...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
About marked records »
1-10 of 28 results | Page 1 of 3
« First
‹ Prev123Next ›
Last »
Sort results by