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Natural History Sale

Date released

21 Nov 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2372A

NoS ID

030561

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Natural History Auction. DESCRIPTION: An Auction of Natural History Specimens at the Finsbury Town Hall takes you on safari without firing a shot. SHOTLIST: CU tiger having auction...

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Dirty old river (1986)

Genre

Feature

Feature on the social and natural history of the Thames, its current uses and views on future uses. Includes interviews with Bob Aspinall, Archivist at Port of London Authority; Chris Bailey of Thames Water...

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Animated Life of A.R. Wallace, The

Director

Flora Lichtman; Sharon Shattuck

Subject

Biology

This animated paper puppet video celebrates the life of Alfred Russel Wallace, who is co-credited, along with Charles Darwin, with conceptualising the theory of natural selection. [8 minutes]

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Booth Museum, The: 1890-1990 (1990 Video)

Director

Jennifer Murray

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 18 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Marks the centenary of the Booth Natural History Museum in Dyke Road, Brighton. Shows, in the words of the staff and the people who use the museum, the 100 years of its life. Founded by Edward Thomas Booth,...

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Kryptonite Discovery Video (2007)

Subject

Chemistry; Geology

The Natural History Museum’s Mineral curator, Mike Rumsey, talks about the identification of the new mineral matching kryptonite’s unique chemistry, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, as described...

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Petra

Date released

Sep 1973

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

136

NoS ID

328167

Story no

5 / 5

COI synopsis: A visit to Petra, in Jordan, a great city carved out of the natural rock.

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Wallace in Wales (1997 Video)

Producer

Jenny Bardwell

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Some of Charles Darwin’s fame for the discovery of evolutionary theory is these days shared with fellow scientist Alfred Russel Wallace. Traces his life in South Wales and the Welsh borders, where Wallace...

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Museum of Life (2010)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £24.99

Presented by Jimmy Doherty, Museum Of Life is a story of mysteries, dinosaurs, diamonds and audacious attempts to hold back extinction. The Natural History Museum attracts nearly 4 million visitors every...

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Cinetops in Brief No 119

Date released

15 Jul 1940

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

537

NoS ID

124552

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Sheep Dog Trials Three little woollies at a Sydney sheep show are just waiting for their cue to round up the charges. Mountaineering and Birds The barren peaks on the wild Magaliesberg Mountains of the...

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Life in the Freezer (1993)

Producer

Alastair Fothergill

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 174 minutes), £16.99

David Attenborough presents a series on the natural history of Antarctica, an inhospitable landscape that is home to a rich, often unique, variety of wildlife. In six parts: The Bountiful Sea; The Ice...

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