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  1. Berlin: Unemployment and the Family (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Leatham
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1994 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the German social security system through the eyes of three Berlin families. Notes the various benefits available to the unemployed and at the way different groups benefit in different ways....

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  2. Four Towns and a Circus (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Stephen Wilkinson
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Look behind the scenes at the problems and difficulties of running Chipperfield’s Circus, the last of the animal circuses still touring Britain. Follows Tony Hopkins, the circus’s director, going about...

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  3. Easter Island (2 Parts) (1988 Video)

    Producer
    John Lynch
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each?

    Investigates the mysteries surrounding the ancient stone statues on Easter Island in the South Pacific, asking who built them, how, and why, and enquiring into the fate of the civilisation that once...

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  4. Somewhere a Wall Came Down: Unemployment and Unification (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Leatham
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1997 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the impact of increased unemployment in East Berlin as a result of German unification, examining the stresses and strains felt by families in the Berlin suburbs of Pankow and Hellersdorf, and at the...

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  5. Children and New Technology (1995)

    Producer
    Paul Manners
    Subject
    Information technology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    This appraisal of the contribution of psychology to debates about the impact of new technology on children’s social and intellectual development examines the arguments about whether computers are...

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  6. Musical Prodigies? (1994)

    Producer
    Anne Diack
    Subject
    Education; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Investigates musical talent, or giftedness, in young people. Recent research by Professor Michael Howe and John Sloboda on the development of musical ability is illustrated by mini-portraits of six young...

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  7. How we Study Children (1995)

    Producer
    Geoff Wheeler
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Looks at observational and experimental techniques as ways of studying and making sense of the seemingly chaotic world of children’s play. Professor Kathy Sylva outlines some research which she did into...

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  8. Prevention and Early Detection of Cancer (1989 Video)

    Director
    Russell C J Kightley
    Producer
    A Ralph Rosenthal
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Hire (Graves only) Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 34 min., 1994 hire: £14.00 (+VAT +p&p) Graves 1999 sale: £75.00 (+VAT +p&p) Leicester Royal Infirmary

    Identifies six major cancers which are amenable to prevention or early treatment. Describes the signs and symptoms which may suggest the presence of an early cancer and discusses the biology of cancer, its...

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  9. Present Situation, The: Doubts and Reassessment (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Adam
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    Looks at urban growth and the influence of designs by Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies Van der Rohe. Philip Johnson comments on American architecture and James Stirling describes post-war town planning...

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  10. Newtonians, The (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the influence of Newton on scientific thinking in the 18th century, and the rise of what became known as Newtonianism. Discusses ‘Principia Mathematica’ and ‘Optics’, which gave rise to the...

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