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Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of Edwin S. Porter (2006)

Director

Charles Musser

Subject

Film Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 58 minutes), £15.99

A detailed documentary on the genesis of early cinema, focusing on one of the craft’s most ingenious pioneers, Edwin S Porter. The film is based on the research of the leading scholar of early American...

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Competitive Strategy (1988 Video)

aka: Michael Porter on Competitive Strategy

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 150 min., 1997 sale: £499.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Presents the fundamentals of Professor Michael Porter’s systematic analysis of competitive advantage, with guidelines for organising a more effective planning process, for communicating strategy across an...

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Peter Porter (1985 Video)

Director

Richard Kelly Tipping

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Peter Porter is seen in his house near Paddington introducing and reading a selection of his poems. Poems read and discussed are ‘Your Attention Please’, ‘My Late T’ang Phase’, ‘The Last of...

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Competitive Edge, The (1992 Video)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1998 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Discusses whether it matters that a university lecturer should earn vast wealth, and whether the academic and business worlds are too closely linked. Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School,...

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New Orders in Physics (2 Parts) (1973 Video)

Director

David R Clark

Producer

David R Clark

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 36, 28 min.

Professor Sir George Porter discusses with Professor David Bohm and Dr Basil Hiley of Birkbeck College, his view of the theoretical foundations of contemporary physics.

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Competitive Advantage of Nations (1995 Video)

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Sale, 4 videocassettes. VHS. col. 320 min., 1997 sale: £815.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Professor Michael Porter discusses sources of international competitive advantage and presents new ways to create a global strategy by analysing the bases of competitive advantage in world-wide markets,...

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Photosynthesis: The First Nanosecond (1981 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Professor Sir George Porter, Director of the Royal Institution, explains the overall ‘synthetic’ side of photosynthesis, and then concentrates on the primary photochemistry, involving chlorophyll. The...

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Modelling Photosynthesis (1983 Video)

Producer

Hendrik Ball

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Asks if there is a way of capturing and storing the sun’s energy as useful chemical energy. In the photochemistry laboratories at the Royal Institution Sir George Porter outlines the aim - to find a way to...

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Seeds of Progress, The (1979 Film)

Director

Tony Porter

Producer

Gordon Cradock

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The history of plant breeding from the original goat grass and the first bread wheat (Emma). Explains the necessity for royalties for plant breeding.

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Sheep of the Hills (1996 Video)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Shows Britain’s native breeds of highland sheep in their own environments and discuses them with their owners. Explains how the breeds evolved and links the different types of sheep to the production of...

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