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Environment 1 (1999 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., See: BEYOND RED

Three 8-minute films: 1) THE CIVIL ENGINEER: The story of one man’s efforts to restore a water supply to the farmers of Armenia’s Karat province. The death of communism led to a breakdown in the water...

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The House of Wisdom and the Legacy of Arabic Science (2008)

Subject

Science

Video recording of the 2007 Michael Faraday Lecture given at the Royal Society by Professor Jim Al-Khalili. While Europe languished in the Dark Ages the spread of Islam heralded a remarkable period of...

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Lost Civilizations (10 Parts) (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £29.99

Filmed over a 3 year period in 26 countries, this 10 volume set depicts the events, legends, ceremonies and customs of the lost ancient civilizations of Egypt, the Mayas, Mesopotamia, the Aegean, Greece,...

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Newsfronts of War - 1940

Date released

1939

Series name

The March of Time 5th Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

352221

Story no

1 / 1

The March of Time synopsis: To meet the growing public demand for stories and pictures of day-by-day happenings of the world, New York’s great newsgathering organisations are today busier than ever before....

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Vanishing of the Bees (2009)

Director

George Langworthy; Maryam Henein

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £6.99

Vanishing of the Bees explores the mysterious collapse of the bee population across the planet and its greater meaning about mankind’s relationship with the natural world. In addition to studying our...

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POLISH VISIT

Date released

Dec 1954

Series name

Mining Review 8th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

345852

Story no

1 / 4

BFI Summary - British trade union delegations visit Poland NCB Commentary - Slater: Tom Doyle, miner and union official from Kent, reports on Eastern Europe. Doyle: In June of this year a party of British...

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Normans, The (2010)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £19.99

Professor Robert Bartlett embarks on an ambitious journey deep into the hearts and minds of a band of warriors who transformed medieval Europe. Bursting with colourful characters and illuminating detail,...

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Legacy 2 (6 Parts) (1991 Video)

Director

Peter Spry-Leverton

Producer

Peter Spry-Leverton

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 60 min., 2000 sale: £19.99 (inc. VAT +p&p) (series) - Choices Direct

Five thousand years ago, the first cities in the world were built on the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq. Here was the first writing, the first law, the first science -...

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New Europeans (1999 Video)

aka: Dance of the People

Director

Eglantine Charbonnier; Sara Miranda; Andrew Pallett; Liv Weisberg

Producer

Colin Prescod

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £6.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

An video-based resource pack with four 25-minute films made by young Europeans on the subject of anti-racism and broadcast under the series title LA DANSE DES PEUPLES/DANCE OF THE PEOPLE. The films reflect a...

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Future Labs (2005)

Subject

Science; Technology

The three programmes in this series tell the stories of the small groups of research scientists whose inventions in the fields of communications and computing, transport, materials and medicine, changed the...

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