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  1. Masters of the Ionosphere (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Tim Haines
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Documents the bizarre history of scientific attempts to understand the atmospheric layer called the ionosphere and the American military’s plan to master this volatile region with a $58m machine in Alaska...

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  2. Nine Muses, The (2010)

    Director
    John Akomfrah
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £15.99

    An impressionistic, semi-documentary by John Akomfrah which uses archival footage of the arrival of immigrants in Britain as well as clips illustrating the difficulties of integration faced by people once...

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  3. Waves (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Two case studies concerned with waves: 1) describes the classic experiment ‘waves across the Pacific’ in which Walter Munk and colleagues tracked waves across half the globe from Antartica to Alaska; 2)...

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  4. Cretaceous Greenhouse World, The: Poles Apart (1997 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 2006 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Paleobotanist Bob Spicer examines various field sites in New Zealand and several exotic locations around the world to show how plants and their fossils can give detailed information about the earth’s...

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  5. Glacial Analysis: An Interactive Introduction (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An interactive CD-ROM looking at glacial techniques and analysis. Includes a series of videos illustrating contrasting glaciated environments from Alaska, New Zealand, Svalbard and the Alps; full-colour...

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  6. Applying Extreme Lessons (2010)

    Subject
    Business studies

    As volatile change in business becomes the new norm, some companies must develop plans and the leadership necessary to meet a constant stream of unique challenges. Others have long taken the attitude that...

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  7. Earthquakes: Seismology at Work (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the seismic body waves which are generated by earthquakes; how they arise, how they propagate through the Earth’s interior, and how they are detected. Opens with film of the 1964 Alaska...

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  8. Whicker’s World Volume 2 (2009)

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £19.56

    A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled...

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  9. Arctic with Bruce Parry (2011)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99 (DVD) ££24.99 (Blu-ray)

    All five episodes of the BBC television series in which anthropologist Bruce Parry embarks on another epic journey of discovery, exploring the wonders of the Arctic. Over the course of one summer, he travels...

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  10. Whale Hunters of Lamalera, The (1988 Video)

    Director
    John Blake
    Producer
    John Blake
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (RAI)

    Follows the daily life of the Lamaholot, whale hunters from the village of Lamalera on the Indonesian island of Lembata, a community of 1500 people. The villagers have to fish to survive - their preferred...

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