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Plant Growth Miracles

Date released

19 Apr 1937

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

369

NoS ID

123727

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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Plant Growth Regulators: Whatever Turns You on (1991 Video)

Producer

Pam Taylor

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Two studies examine factors that regulate plant growth. Phototropism is the growth of a plant stem towards the light. The validity of the Cholodney-Went theory of phototropism is considered in the light of...

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Plants and the Earth’s Gravity (1974 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Stop-motion techniques are used to show the germination of a bean. Shows the effect of removal of the root tip. Discusses theories of plant growth, and describes the behaviour of plants in space.

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Green Machines (1993 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min.

Food production is a highly technical business. This programme looks at long-term sustainability in farming. Looks at the basic scientific principles of plant growth - the balance between nutrient and energy...

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Seed Germination: Time Lapse Video

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Time lapse video showing the germination of maize seeds, root and shoot formation and crop establishment.

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Heating Up the Earth: The ‘Greenhouse Effect’ (1985 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col.

Explains the processes underlying the greenhouse effect including an analysis of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and methanes. Examines the consequences of global warming and the evidence that it is already...

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Green Machines / Nitrate in Drinking Water (1994 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

[See individual programme entries for synopses.]

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Forms of Energy (2013)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 13 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

Energy is one of the most fundamental concepts in physics, but can be one that students find challenging. This video uses an engaging presenter and familiar objects and scenarios - including skateboarding,...

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Nitrogen Fixation (1986 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Investigates some of the recent biochemical and genetic advances in the understanding of biological nitrogen fixation. Experiments at Rothamsted in the mid-19th century proved that nitrogen was essential for...

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Problem with Ions, A (1991 Video)

Producer

John Stratford

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Dust from the Chernobyl nuclear accident reached Britain in April 1986, but some areas of the Cumbrian uplands were still radioactive in the autumn of 1990. This runs counter to the early predictions: what...

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