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  1. Sound Alternative, A: Computing and the Blind (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1997 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Open University has pioneered the use of information technology to help its blind students. This programme follows two students who have been involved with the ‘Computing and the Blind’ project,...

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  2. Assistance Animals (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Social welfare; Veterinary science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 34 min., 1997 sale: £9.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Scientific studies over the last 20 years have begun to examine the human relationship with animals. This video documents some of the assistance animal and pet therapy programmes which have been developed in...

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  3. Planet of Snail (2013)

    Director
    Seung-jun Yi
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £14.99

    Sensitively directed documentary about South Korean couple Young-Chan and Soon-Ho. Young-Chan, who has been deaf and blind since childhood, lives with Soon-Ho, who has a spinal condition which affects her...

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  4. New Technology for Blind People: A Revolution for Libraries (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Librarianship
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

    Shows the latest developments in new technology applied to the needs of the visually handicapped. The Kurzweil reading machine, Viewscan and Optacon are demonstrated at the Resources Unit for the Visually...

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  5. Mesmer (2007)

    Director
    Roger Spottiswoode
    Subject
    Film Studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £9.99

    Film dramatisation by Dennis Potter of the life of eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of ‘animal magnetism’. After...

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  6. Seeing New Englandly

    Producer
    Ernie Urvater
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 57 minutes), $19.95

    SEEING NEW ENGLANDLY, the second programme in the series "Angles of a Landscape: Perspectives on Emily Dickinson," explores the poet’s education, her lifelong interest in science and literature, her...

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  7. Skillbank: Caring for People - Guiding People with Impaired Vision (1991 Video)

    Subject
    FE; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min., 1997 sale: £45.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Demonstrates the correct techniques for guiding a person with impaired vision. Shows basic principles and then demonstrates them in a variety of situations. Emphasises throughout the importance of...

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  8. Voyage Round My Father, A (2003)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 80 minutes), £15.99

    Screen version of John Mortimer’s autobiographical play about an abusive father and his son. Mortimer paints an unexpurgated but affectionate portrait of his highly eccentric lawyer father, Clifford...

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  9. Code Breakers, The (2001)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £ 15 per item or £ 100 for the whole set (inclusive)

    One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues. This programme looks at human genetics, how heredity works and the work of the Nobel...

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  10. Black Sun (2007)

    Director
    Gary Tarn
    Producer
    Alfonso Cuarón; John Battsek
    Subject
    Philosophy; Psychology; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £12.99

    Painter Hugues de Montalembert was blinded in an attack in New York City in 1978. Without a shred of self-pity, he relates his extraordinary story of how he adapted his approach to the world after blindness,...

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