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Fat Files, The (1999 Video)

Producer

Jill Fullerton-Smith

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 150 min., 2000 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Series examining obesity, using case studies and interviews with leading scientists. In 3 parts: 1) Born to Be Fat: research has established a link between obesity and the absence of leptin, a hormone that...

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Railways of the Great War

aka: Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 minutes), £3.99

Five part series, in which Conservative politician Michael Portillo marks the centenary of the Great War by discovering the central role the railways played in securing victory, repatriating the dead and...

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Men Who Made Us Fat, The (2012)

Director

Chris Boulding; Claire Burnett; Maninderpal Sahota

Subject

Health Education; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

This three part series looks into the causes behind the rise of obesity levels around the world. Journalist Jacques Peretti travels to the USA, where he learns about a sweetener championed in the 1970s to...

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Up in the Highlands

Series name

Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue no

28

NoS ID

351938

Story no

1 / 4

Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: The well stocked trout streams of Inyanga draw fishermen from all over the Federation as soon as the Trout Season opens. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - We’re in the Inyanga...

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Tourists First Match

Date released

9 May 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2031A

NoS ID

027371

Story no

1 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tourists First Match. DESCRIPTION: Rain spoils the first showing of the Australians, in action against the Duke of Norfolk’s Eleven, but the match offers plenty to whet the appetite....

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HOLIDAY ON WHEELS

Date released

Oct 1962

Series name

Mining Review 16th Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

346185

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: paraplegic miners and their families on holiday at Filey, Yorkshire. NCB Commentary - This Summer twenty-eight paraplegic miners and their families had a fortnights holiday at a Holiday Camp...

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Fast Food Nation (2006)

Director

Richard Linklater

Subject

Biology; Health Education; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 109 minutes), £19.99

Eric Schlosser’s book was a huge worldwide success, exposing the underbelly of the fast food industry and the consequences on our health. Fast Food Nation is Richard Linklater’s dramatisation of such...

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TRAMP’S BALL

Date released

Jul 1953

Series name

Mining Review 6th Year

Issue no

11

NoS ID

345795

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: festivity at a colliery village pub, the Winning Post Hotel, at Thorne, Yorkshire. Miners dress up as tramps to win prize. NCB Commentary - The Winning Post Hotel, in the mining village of...

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the MALE LOOK

Date released

1950

Series name

The March of Time 15th Year

Issue no

3

NoS ID

352300

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: Starting from scratch with scenes of a scantily clad baby, this March of Time follows the development of clothes-consciousness in the American male, fostered with loving care by...

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Mean World Syndrome: Media Violence and the Cultivation of Fear (2010)

Subject

Media studies; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 51 minutes), $250.00

A film based on the late George Gerbner’s groundbreaking analysis of media influence and media violence.For years, debates have raged among scholars, politicians, and concerned parents about the effects of...

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