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  1. Environmental Science: Multimedia Activities

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM), £33.59

    This interactive DVD covers topics such as Earth, Water, Life, Landforms and Extreme Weather. It enables students to study rock samples and to model, for example, the flow of water from rainstorm to ocean,...

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  2. Disaster 1 (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Davies
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate large-scale disasters of the 20th century. Covers the sinking of the ‘Titanic’, the Tenerife air crash, the mud-slide in Aberfan in South Wales in...

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  3. Flooding in the UK: Tewkesbury (2013)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 37 minutes), £49.00

    This DVD explores the environmental and human cause of the Tewkesbury flood in 2007, looking at runoff, infiltration rates and the factors affecting storm hydrographs. First hand accounts from residents and...

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  4. Perfect Oil Spill, A (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Chitty
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The tanker ‘Sea Empress’ ran aground off Milford Haven in 1996, spilling 80,000 tonnes, but the expected disaster never happened. Scientists had been studying the area for over 50 years and had...

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  5. How to Boil a Frog (2009)

    Director
    John Cooksey
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £49.00

    Described as an "eco-comedy", the message of HOW TO BOIL A FROG is, in fact, deadly serious. The film is about "overshoot" - too many people, using up too few resources, too quickly. Featuring contributions...

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  6. Igf God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (2010)

    Director
    Spike Lee
    Subject
    American Studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 240 minutes), £15.90

    Filmmaker Spike Lee returns to New Orleans, the scene of his post-Katrina documentary WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS (2006). On this occasion, he focuses mainly on the BP disaster, from the...

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  7. Big Oil: In the Wake of the ‘Exxon Valdez’ (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Brock
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill in Alaska two years on and examines the repercussions of pollution, tanker safety and the apportioning of blame. Shows the power of the oil industry as well as the...

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  8. Alaska: Oil on the Rocks (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Helen Jenkins
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In 1989 the oil tanker ‘Exxon Valdez’ ran aground and split open off the coast of Alaska, spilling 10m barrels of oil into the sea. The ecological disaster sparked an angry debate about the oil...

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  9. Flooding in Bangladesh (2010)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 38 minutes), £45.00

    Tailor-made to fit UK specifications, this resource was filmed in Bangladesh and emphasises contemporary thinking about hazard events. The personal accounts of those living on Bangladesh’s charland (the...

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  10. Digital Cemeteries (2007)

    Director
    Yorgos Avgeropoulos
    Subject
    Environmental science; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 53 minutes), 11.04 Euros

    Documentary about the environmental impact of the huge quantity of waste generated by old and obsolete computer hardware and peripherals. Much of the west’s electronic waste ends up illegally in China. In...

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