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  1. Anti-Locust

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    877
    NoS ID
    329118
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Locusts - no, they haven’t hit Britain, but at London’s Centre for Overseas Pest Research locusts are breeding in their thousands. This week Pam Rhodes finds out why - and sees how...

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  2. Microcosmos (1996 Video)

    aka: Microcosmos: Le Peuple en Herbe

    Director
    Claude Nuridsany; Marie Pérennou
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £15.99

    Uses cinemicrography, flying cameras and time-lapse cinematography to present a insect’s-eye view of the wildlife found in a meadow in southern France in summertime. Shows a bee gathering pollen; a...

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  3. Life on Earth (13 Parts) (1979 Video)

    Producer
    Christopher Parson
    Subject
    Anthropology; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 x 55 min.

    Series tracing the development of life from its earliest beginnings through single cell forms to the final emergence of man. Filmed in more than 100 locations around the world. 1: The beginnings of life on...

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  4. Besieged Fortress, The (2011)

    aka: Citadelle Assiégée, La

    Director
    François Calderon; Thierry Commissionat; Benoît Tschieret
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 81 minutes)

    A look at a colony of termites as it battles for survival against a flood and an invading ant army. Director Philippe Calderon uses macrophotography to find out what happens to a swarming colony of termites...

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  5. Secret Reeds, The (1981 Film, Video)

    Producer
    John Tomkins
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Deals with the ecology and management of reed bed areas, explaining how reed beds are very short-lived, always giving way to scrub and then woodland. RSPB reserves include major reed bed areas which support...

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  6. Through Animal Eyes (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Because animals’ eyes have evolved and adapted to meet their own special needs, their view of the world is often very different from humans’. Shows visualisations of the natural world through the eyes of...

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  7. Disaster Aid

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    282
    NoS ID
    326515
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: Machines to control insect pests such as mosquitoes are manufactured just outside London.

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  8. Inflation is the Answer

    Date released
    28 Oct 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1795
    NoS ID
    025303
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Inflation Is the Answer. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s at war against insects, or to be more exact, the Government department, which is helping developing countries to overcome their food...

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  9. Formica Aquilonia (A Study of Wood Ants in the Knapdale Forest on the West Coast of Scotland) (1980 Film)

    Producer
    Eric Lucey
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the distribution of the ‘Rufa’ group in Europe and then identifies the areas colonised by those species found in the UK. General anatomy, caste differences, nest structures and environments...

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  10. Hylotrupes Bajulus ('Cerambycidae’): Life History (1960 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the life history of the beetle ‘Hylotrupes bajulus L.' in shots of various sizes of magnification. The development begins with the copulation of the parent animals and egg-laying, followed by the...

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