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  1. Portrait and Image (1983 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Art; Classical studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Places in context the portraits of the Emperor Augustus that have survived on coins and as busts. Discusses the development of portraiture from the idealised representations of Alexander the Great through to...

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  2. Earliest Shakespeare sound recording recovered

    Date
    19 Dec 2011, 09:58
    Author
    Eve-Marie
    Post Type
    Post

    'To be or not to be ...' as recited in the early 1880s crackled to life on computer speakers at the Library of Congress on Tuesday, 13 December. The early audio recordings on Volta discs - which...

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  3. War at Home, The (1982 Film, Video)

    Director
    Barry Alexander Brown; Glenn Silber
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of the Vietnam War and its repercussions in the USA. seen through the microcosm of the university town of Madison, Wisconsin, during the years 1963-73. Interviews with activists and archive...

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  4. Predation of Cossid Moth Larvae by Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos (1980 Video)

    Director
    Phil Carne; Ray McInnes
    Producer
    Nick Alexander
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 min.

    A record of the way in which the yellow-tailed black cockatoo extracts the cossid moth larvae from the trunk of the gum tree. Shows the behaviour of the bird and its prey and underlines the adaptations which...

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  5. Total War in Britain (1945 Video)

    Director
    Alexander Shaw
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    The story of the total mobilisation of Britain’s manpower and industrial resources for war, in the four years from Dunkirk to the invasion of western Europe. The film is based on an offical British...

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  6. Breaking the Mould (2009)

    Director
    Peter Hoar
    Subject
    History; Medical sciences; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

    Breaking the Mould tells the story behind the discovery of penicillin and the forgotten people involved. A revealing, poignant and witty character driven account of a scientific miracle. September 1943....

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  7. Un-Dressed: Fashion in the Twentieth Century (1998 Video)

    aka: Undressed: Fashion in the 20th Century

    Director
    Jaci Judelson; Gideon Koppel
    Producer
    Pascale Lamche
    Subject
    Design
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 208 min (total)., 1998 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) pair

    Four-part series detailing the history of 20th-century fashion by examining its many influences. Tape 1: 1) REBELLION: Focuses on how fashion has mirrored social change and highlights some influences,...

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  8. Penicillins and Beyond (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Watson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    About antibiotics, what they are, how they work, and how they can beimproved. Ever since Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic characteristics of the penicillin fungus, the drug industry has been...

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  9. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: City Living (2005)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL), £24.99

    Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the day-to-day lives of ordinary Britons had remained unchanged for centuries. Homes were largely rural and functional, and the idea of decorative and comfortable...

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  10. Co-Operation Cancer (1998 Video)

    Director
    Mervyn Cumming
    Producer
    Susan Shattock
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    A video-based training package looking at the ways in which conventional and complementary cancer services can co-operate to benefit the cancer patient. Dr Christine Page who speaks of the need to re-examine...

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