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  1. Cabbage Root Fly Bites The Dust

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    350757
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: As insects develop immunity - insecticides have to be made more and more powerful threatening all forms of wildlife. Now experiments with a sterilising agent in food successfully used on the...

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  2. Knockdown and Kill (1974 Film, Video)

    Director
    Alastair MacEwen
    Producer
    Michael Cockburn
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows what insecticides are, why they are needed, how they are applied and how they enter the insect. Using animated diagrams, shows the process of nerve transmission and the mechanisms of death in the...

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  3. Safety in Storage (1964 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes various insect pests and the damage these can cause to stored foodstuffs. Shows the work of the Cooper Technical Bureau in developing and testing insecticides to prevent infestation of stored...

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  4. Way with Warbles, A (1955 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Veterinary science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min.

    The warble fly is an economically important parasite of cattle. Describes the life cycle of the warble fly and discusses methods of its control, including use of one of the first systematic insecticides to...

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  5. Insect War, The (1970 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION (BBC) REFERENCE ONLY (BUFVC), Videocassette. U-matic. b&w. 50 min.

    Examines the control of insect pests, the problems of blanket use of insecticides, and the various alternative methods of biological control by insect predators and other means.

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  6. Samples of Analysis (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    About chemical detectives - analysts with ingenious machines searching amongst the chemical fingerprints of samples provided by patients in a hospital and potential insecticides from an agrochemical research...

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  7. Rival World, The (1955)

    Director
    Bert Haanstra
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Shows some 30 insects and their beneficial or harmful effects. Emphasises the desert locust and its organised scientific control. The film is valuable for its exceptionally good visual material which shows...

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  8. War to the Last Itch (1973 Film, Video)

    Director
    Alastair MacEwen
    Producer
    Michael Cockburn
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the probable incidence of head-louse infection in the United Kingdom and examines with close-up photography various stages in the life history of the head louse. Examines methods of detection and...

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  9. Death from Natural Causes - The Story of Synthetic Pyrethroids (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Hendrik Boll
    Subject
    Agriculture; Chemistry
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Traces the development of a group of insecticides - the synthetic pyrethroids. Pyrethrum is a naturally occuring substance with insecticidal activity, although it is unstable in sunlight.In the 1940s,...

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  10. Pheromones (1989)

    Producer
    Ted Smith
    Subject
    Biology; Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    The overuse of insecticides damages the environment. One way of controlling insect pests is by the use of chemicals called sex pheromones. Males are attracted by specific pheromones appropriate to a...

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