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Up the Yangtze (2008)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 93 minutes), £14.99

The Three Gorges Dam, the largest engineering project since the Great Wall and hotly contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle, provides the epic and unsettling backdrop for UP THE YANGTZE, a dramatic...

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Water Workers

Date released

2 Oct 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2000

NoS ID

027070

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Water Workers. DESCRIPTION: You could envy the Water Workers of Wallingford. They’ve created a water nurseryland at the Hydraulics Research Station to help engineers design dams and...

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Manufactured Landscapes (2008)

aka: Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes

Director

Jennifer Baichwal

Subject

Art; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 83 minutes), £19.99

A documentary by Jennifer Baichwal on renowned artist Edward Burtynsky, whose large-scale photographs portray the devastating impact of industrial expansion on the environment. Burtynsky creates stunningly...

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India’s New Plan

Date released

18 Apr 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1454A

NoS ID

021627

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: India’s New Plan. DESCRIPTION: India today is a country of astonishing contrasts. It’s a land of ancient cults and temples. In harmony with relics of a past era the life of the...

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Cutting Edge of Progress, The (1993 Video)

Producer

Eleanor Morris

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Construction of the Kariba Dam flooded the whole of the Zambezi Valley including areas in Zimbabwe and Zambia. The populations of both the north and south banks were forced to resettle; according to some...

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Drowned out (2004)

Director

Fanny Armstrong

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes + over 240 minutes of extras), £100.00

Shot over three years with no budget or electricity, DROWNED OUT tells the true story of one family’s inspired stand against the destruction of their land, homes and culture. The people of Jalsindhi in...

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Meet the Dam Busters

Date released

18 Feb 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1759

NoS ID

024994

Story no

1 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meet the Dam Busters. DESCRIPTION: Seen here, a Vulcan Bomber of 617 Squadron, the Dam Busters, the first squadron to be equipped with the Blue Steel stand-off bomb. Powered by its...

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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (7 Parts) (2004)

Subject

Engineering; FE; History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 350 minutes), £39.99

Drama-documentary series recreating epic moments in the industrial revolution. Each episode explores a specific triumphal construction of the era.

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Extreme Engineering: Season 1 (2007)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 5 x 55 minutes), $49.95

This selection of programmes from the first series of EXTREME ENGINEERING unveils some of the most ambitious architectural plans of our times. Some are theoretical, others are in the works. Computer...

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