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Polka (1986 Video)

aka: Polka: Roots of Conjunto Accoridion Playing in South Texas

Director

Robert Boozajer Flaes; Maarten Rens

Subject

Anthropology; Music

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Compares the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the roots of ‘conjunto’ music of...

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Capitan Reef, The (1984 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Studies in detail the Capitan Reef, the largest known fossilised reef, which is preserved in the desert along the New Mexico/Texas border. It is illustrated by the Capitan Reef ‘diorama’ which was filmed...

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Texas: Instant Cities (1986 Video)

Producer

Peter Adam

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

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

Available cheap land, no zoning laws, unlimited wealth and an expansionist attitude makes Texas a unique place for architectural experiment. In the ‘pop-up’ cities of Dallas and Houston new concepts and...

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In Tune with Breastfeeding (1998)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £60.00

Targeted originally at low-income mothers on the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programme in Texas, the video shows the importance of latching the baby correctly to the breast, providing professionals and...

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Thin Blue Line, The (1988)

Director

Errol Morris

Producer

Mark Lipson

Subject

Film studies; Law

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 97 minutes), £15.99

While researching another project, filmmaker Errol Morris became fascinated by the case of Randall Dale Adams, a man on death row for the murder of a policeman in 1976. Convinced of his innocence, Morris...

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Infant Cues: A Feeding Guide (1998)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £60.00

Targeted originally at low-income mothers on the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programme in Texas, the video uses babies and mothers from ethnically diverse backgrounds to demonstrate what successful...

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Fluvial Environments (1988 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the different river systems that drain the North American continent and Great Britain today and in the distant geological past. In a journey through Saskatchewan, Quebec, British Columbia, Texas and...

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Tutankhamun: The Immortal Pharoah (1968 Film, Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes the discovery and plan of the tomb of Tutankhamun and shows the most important of the 2000 items found in it.

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Heart Stop Beating (2012)

Director

Jeremiah Zagar

Subject

Medical sciences

In March 2011, two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute successfully replaced a dying man’s heart with a ‘continuous flow’ device, proving that life is possible without a heart beat. (4...

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Architecture at the Crossroads, Series (1986)

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (10 x 40 minutes), £1250.00

This 10-part series examines the main themes running through the world of architecture today. 1) The Present Situation: Doubts and Reassessment - exciting changes taking place in architecture. 2) Columns...

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