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  1. Birds of a Feather (1984 Film)

    Producer
    Simon Trevor
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shot in East Africa, an account of the most numerous bird in the world, the red-billed quelea, and its fight for survival. African governments and international agencies have destroyed millions of quelea to...

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  2. Water Under the Earth (1981 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Ichtetucknee State National Park in Florida encloses a huge spring system of freshwater up-welling from airless waterless caverns. Explores the ecology of this unusual environment. The clear water,...

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  3. Hunters of the Plains (1979 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The migration of a quarter of a million wildebeeste along with zebra and gazelle, means a steady food supply for the predators of the Serengeti who have their own young to feed. The main hunters are lions,...

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  4. Mouthbreeders, The (1981 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Explains the geographical distribution of cichlids. Malawi supports the greatest variety of these fish and their complex breeding behaviour, territorial habits and the various methods employed to protect...

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  5. Fight for York Minster, The (1967)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Architecture

    A television programme made in 1967 in which Dr Brian Hope-Taylor presents an appeal film for the York Minster restoration fund, using as background footage of his ongoing investigation of the foundations of...

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  6. Kingdoms of the Plains (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Biology
    Distribution
    2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 209 min (total)., 1999 sale: £17.99 (set)

    Four Survival Anglia programmes from the 1980s on 1) PEOPLE OF THE GREAT SAND FACE: the Gwike people of southern Africa; 2) LAST KINGDOM OF THE ELEPHANTS: the remote Luangwa Valley in Zambia, which contains...

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  7. Little Gentlemen in Black Velvet, The (Moles) (1977 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Life cycle of the British mole.

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  8. To Be a Butterfly (1986 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    looks at the life cycle of the butterfly. Investigates the range of protective strategies the butterflies have developed: camouflage, mimicry, use of poisons. Butterflies featured include the monarch,...

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  9. Lost Centuries, The (8 Parts) (1968)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History

    An 8-part television series made in 1968 looking at post-Roman Britain from the rise of Christianity and the influence of the later Islamic empires though to the beginning of the Renaissance. The series also...

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  10. Enemies of the Oak (1986 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A year in the life of a 300-year-old oak. Begins in October when the wingless female winter moth climbs the oak to mate and lay her eggs. During late April the buds on the oak open and the catkins are ready...

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