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Love Of Books

Date released

1951

Series name

This Is Britain

Issue no

50

NoS ID

328240

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: The story of English books as objects of beauty in themselves; and their importance today. "A book", says Sir Francis Meynell of the Nonesuch Press, speaking in the film, "must be created as a...

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Re-Backing an Antiquarian Book with Bernard Middleton / A Binders’ Exhibition with Jan Ascoli / A Visit to Cockerell Marbled Papers (1993 Video)

Subject

Crafts; Librarianship

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1996 sale: £39.50 (inc. VAT +p&p)

1: Bernard Middleton, an expert in the restoration of leather bindings, demonstrates the essential steps in re-backing a damaged and decayed leather binding. 2: Binerr Jan Ascoli shows some of her bindings...

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Desktop Publisher, The (1989 Video)

Subject

Information technology; Librarianship

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

Looks at how small businesses, community groups and individuals can benefit from desk-top publishing and shows that organisations need skills and a strategic approach to get the best from it. Includes a case...

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Elementary Radioactivity (1995)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Free, Electronic file via anonymous ftp (ftp.liv.ac.uk).

CAL courseware designed to teach the basics of radioactivity: 1) types of radioactive decay, 2) binding energy and decay, 3) parallel and sequential decay, 4) units of rradioactive decay, 5) half-life and...

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Reproductive Surgery and Neutering of the Green Iguana (Iguana Iguana) (2000)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (20 minutes), £45.00

Veterinary surgeons Stephen Divers and Martin Lawton demonstrate the standard anaesthetic and coeliotomy approach to orchidectomy and ovariectomy in lizards using the green iguana as a model. Surgical...

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High Heels (1987 Film, Video)

Director

Sue Brooks

Producer

Sue Brooks

Subject

Women’s studies

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses the politics of appearance arguing that the wearing of high-heeled shoes has come to symbolise servitude and prosperity. Establishes the high-heeled shoe as an erotic object and symbol of...

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South Africa’s 3rd Centenary Celebrations

Date released

14 Apr 1952

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1193

NoS ID

017731

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: South Africa’s Third Centenary. DESCRIPTION: The landing of the first Dutch settlers in Granger Bay, was re-enacted to mark the occasion of the third centenary of that event and to...

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Building a Kayak (1967 Video)

Director

Asen Balikci; Quentin Brown

Producer

Quentin Brown; Kevin Smith

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 64 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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More Bread Please!

Date released

20 Apr 1933

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

620

NoS ID

333180

NoS Summary - harvesting and processing wheat for flour in rural Japan. British Pathe synopsis: Subtitle reads: "Just an Idea what these Words mean to the Rural Japanese." Introductory intertitle reads:...

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In Your Library (3 Parts) (1984 Video)

Subject

Librarianship

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 28, 30, 15 min.

Part 1 stresses the need to preserve and extend the life of a book. Shows the way books are bound or cased by hand and the correct way to shelve them. Shows the damage that a poor environment and unsuitable...

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