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  1. China: The Long March - Historic 1986 TV Expedition (2012)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 48 minutes), $7.49

    China was only just opening up to the west when this Sydney Australia TV crew were given access, uprecedented to foreigners until that date, to document, film and photograph the entire epic 8,000 mile length...

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  2. Tibet: The Bamboo Curtain Falls (2012)

    Producer
    Simon Normanton
    Subject
    Geography; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 50 minutes), $7.49

    A 1981 episode of The World About Us that documents the history of political struggle between Tibet and China through archival film shot by western travellers in the early part of the century. Shows daily...

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  3. Draw and Play Keep Parkinson’s at Bay (2012)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    A report on two projects dealing with Parkinson’s disease. The DIPAR project, based at University Medical Centre Groningen in The Netherlands, aims to improve the accuracy of early diagnosis of the...

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  4. Just Do It (2012)

    Director
    Emily James
    Subject
    Environmental science; Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £4.99

    Emily James spent over a year embedded in environmental direct action groups such as Climate Camp and Plane Stupid to document their clandestine activities. She went over fence, through mud, in daylight and...

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  5. London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social welfare

    Video recording of a lecture held on 7 March 2012 in the series ‘The Lost Hospitals of London’ organised by Gresham College. (53 minutes) In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight of...

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  6. Coi Collection: Vol 7: The Queen on Tour (2012)

    Subject
    Geography; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 234 minutes), £19.99

    To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this seventh compilation of films made by the Central Office of Information (COI) presents colour footage of the Queen and the Royal Family travelling the...

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  7. A Royal Occasion: From Victoria to Elizabeth II (2012)

    Subject
    History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 287 minutes), £19.99

    To coincide with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the BFI has put together a collection of films from the the BFI National Archive on a range of royalty-related subjects, beginning as far back as 1896. The...

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  8. Sylvie Guillem: At Work/ A Portrait (2012)

    Subject
    Dance
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £29.99

    Included is a portrait of Sylvie Guillem in conversation and profiled by, among others, Anthony Dowell, Maurice Bejart and John Percival. AT WORK; Film of the acclaimed prima ballerina performing classical...

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  9. Alok Jha: Science and the Media - Presentations and Discussion (2012)

    Subject
    Media studies; Science

    Video recording of an event held at the Royal Institution on 13 March 2012. Recent debates on copy-checking of science-based articles in the media have exposed a gulf between what journalists do and what...

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  10. How to See Around Corners (2012)

    Subject
    Physics

    The ability to see objects hidden behind walls could be invaluable in dangerous or inaccessible locations, such as inside machinery with moving parts, or in highly contaminated areas. Scientists at the...

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