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Medical Scientists at Work (2000 Video)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2001 sale: £41.13 (inclusive)

Looks at medical scientists working in three fields: studying insects to see if they contain chemicals that will be useful for medicines; how some diseases can be carried on DNA and how this can be...

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Diseases from outer space (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle on his theory that diseases come from outer space with comets, based on strange statistics of flu epidemics. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Tony Tucker).

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Barbara Bush laughs off husband’s health scare (1992)

Genre

Press conference

Barbara Bush laughs off her husband, US President George Bush’s collapse at a state banquet in Tokyo. She suggests that he did not have the flu - rather, he and the US ambassador had overdone the tennis,...

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President Bush taken ill at dinner held by Japanese Prime Minister (1992)

Genre

Press conference

President George Bush is recovering after collapsing at a state banquet held at the home of the Japanese Prime Minister. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater reports that the President is well and resting...

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President Bush in good health and will not change schedule (1992)

Genre

Press conference

Press conference by White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater following the collapse of President Bush from flu during his visit to Japan. Fitzwater says the President will not change his schedule.

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Anti-Flu Vaccine

Date released

1970

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

38

NoS ID

329415

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: After years of trial and error and with the help of a fertile hen’s egg, scientists at Britain’s Common Cold Research Unit have been able to reduce a serious common cold to just an...

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Defying Death (2002)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Free streamed access on Vega website Online, 35 min.

The panel, chaired by Colin Blakemore and consisting of John Oxford, Richard Peto, Trisha MacNair and Mike Maier, discuss how lifestyle, old and emergent diseases, and recent developments in science, will...

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Chesty Chimp

Date released

5 Feb 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2018

NoS ID

027238

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Chesty Chimp. DESCRIPTION: It’s an emergency Oxygen Tent for Peter at Paignton Zoo, to save him from a possibly fatal attack of flu and bronchitis. SHOTLIST: MCU oxygen cylinders, pan...

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Emerging Diseases: Prions and Viruses (2008)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £35.00

Looks at the risks imposed by emerging diseases and examines four specific examples in detail. Deals in turn with the following topics: What is an emerging disease? - one which suddenly appears in a...

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Flu and the Fuel Crisis

Date released

18 Jan 1951

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

51/6

NoS ID

103897

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

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