British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
31-40 of 114 results | Page 4 of 12
Sort results by
  1. Games Animals Play (1986)

    Subject
    Biology; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Hire, VHS (PAL, 38 minutes), £5.00

    Recording of a lecture given by biologist Professor John Maynard Smith as part of the London Mathematical Society’s Popular Lecture Series. He uses game theory to give an insight into animal contests (for...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  2. Behavioural Repertoire of the Common Marmoset ‘Callithrix Jacchus Jacchus’ (1975 Video)

    Director
    Miranda F Stevenson
    Producer
    Trevor B Poole
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale (BUFVC), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p) (BUFVC)

    Undergraduate and postgraduate zoology courses in animal behaviour.*

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  3. Hypothalmic Reward in Feeding, Running and Mating Behaviour (1969 Film)

    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Electrodes are implanted in different parts of the hypothalamus of rats. Animals can obtain electrical stimulation by pressing a lever, or stimulation can automatically be applied. Shows effects of brain...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  4. Gestalt Perception in the Common Toad. 1: Innate Prey Recognition (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min., 1996 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Prey-catching behaviour. Analysis of the visual-key-stimulus ‘prey’ through experiments with dummies (worm/anti-worm configuration). Behaviour with changing stimulation-background contrast. Direction,...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  5. Behaviour of the Three-Spined Stickleback (1968 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Territorial behaviour of males - male excavating depression. Male building nest - courtship - reaction to models. Female spawning - male ‘prodding’ - reaction to female model in nest - early and late...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  6. Man attacked by dogs (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Press conference by an unidentified man on being attacked by two dogs and taken after to hospital in Leicester.

    LBC IRN LBC IRN Radio Radio Online Online Audio Audio
  7. Impossible Bird, The (1983 Video)

    Director
    Hugh Miles
    Producer
    Richard Brock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Study of the behaviour of ostriches. Made in Kenya with the co-operation of zoologist Lew Hurxthal who spent eight years conducting his research.

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  8. Microsurgical Operations on the Colorado Beetle. Part 1 (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Demonstrates the effect of removing the ‘corpora allata’ from the head of the Colorado Beetle. This operation, which is the central theme of the film, is performed without the aid of a micromanipulator....

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  9. Sexual Selection: Why Do Peacocks Have Elaborate Trains? (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows a feral population of peafowl filmed at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, and a wild population at two tiger reserves in Rajasthan in Northern India. The courtship behaviour of peacock and peahen is shown...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  10. Ontogenetic Analysis of Care Behaviour of Ant Egg Nests (1974 Film)

    Producer
    P Jaisson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the development of pupal cocoon recognition in the brood-nursing behaviour of ants ('Formica spp.). Shows experimental procedures that purport to demonstrate that 1) recognition is not innate but...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
31-40 of 114 results | Page 4 of 12
Sort results by