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Watford’s Quiet Heroes (2014)

Subject

History; Media studies; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30), £13.00

The stories of three men who refused to fight in WW1, and society’s attitudes raising questions about patriotism, politics and religion. The film and additional material are suitable as an educational...

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Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1975 Film)

Director

Jerry W Leach

Subject

Anthropology; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £37.50

An ethnographic film about cricket as played in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. In the first half the people explain how to play the game and tell why they changed it over the last 70 years. The...

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Breech Delivery (1993)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £20.00

A re-issue of a 1968 film with some minor revisions to update management procedures and statistics. But the basic techniques have not changed and the detail in which they are demonstrated is unsurpassed.

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Staying Real (2011)

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £29.00

Young people discuss the adverse effects of the sexual stereotypes which bombard them. They talk about how hard it is to develop their own personality and to make friends when they don’t conform to media...

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AIDS: The Reality and the Myth (1986 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

A description of AIDS and the virus causing it - HIV. Describes the clinical features of AIDS and gives an account of the treatment that is available to patients. There is an extensive description of the...

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Aldermaston 1959 (1959)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 10 minutes), £25.00

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And Now for the Bad News (1982 Video)

Director

Kristian Paludin

Subject

Development studies; Media studies

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min.

Examines the role of the media in developing countries taking as its example Guinea Bissau which was until recently a Portuguese colony. Explains the country’s political and economic background and how...

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Visions: A Guide to Preventable Blindness (1996)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £15.00 (hire) £75.00 (sale)

Examines six common eye conditions - glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, macular degeneration, retinal detachment and amblyopia - which, if left undiagnosed and untreated, can lead to permanent loss...

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Advertising, The Media and Your Health

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 18 minutes), £39.00

Examines the influence of advertising on young people’s lives, affecting their self-image and conflicting with reasonable health choices. It encourages students to become more informed media consumers and...

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Which Way the Wind (1963)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £23.00

Drama on war, acted in the ‘bare stage’ style

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