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Bird Traffic (1991 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale (video only - RSPB Film & Video Unit), Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1997 sale: £8.15 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Examines the international wild bird trade, showing wild birds trapped in their natural habitats in South America, Africa and Asia and transported to Europe. Looks at the resulting threat of extinction for...

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Encounters: The Meeting of Asia and Europe (2004)

Subject

Art; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £17.99

A film that ties in with the V&A’s major 2004 exhibition of the same name that brought together a range of objects from the period 1500-1800, after Europeans first discovered the sea route to the Indies...

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Chingiz Khan: A Much Misunderstood Leader (1990 Video)

Director

Jill Fullerton Smith

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Chingiz (Genghis) Khan (1162-1227), the Mongol leader, built an empire larger than any other state system before or since. Had he been born in Europe, he might be seen as a hero; because he came from Central...

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Second World War, The (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 30 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) both parts

Covers: German and Japanese war aims and calculations; massive Axis victories in Europe and Asia and the reasons for the them; momentous Russian struggle for surival; the tide turned in the Pacific and...

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Locust Slide Kit, The (1996 Multimedia)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, 62 slides. col., 1997 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

Illustrates the distribution, biology, ecology and control of the desert locust, which continues to pose a threat to food crops in many parts of Africa and Asia. The accompanying text gives details and also...

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Nampo No Tomo e (1943 Film)

aka: To South-East Asian Friends

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows foreign students from India, Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines (a solitary German and a Frenchman are also conspicuous) studying and relaxing at a hostel of the International Student Fellowship at...

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Images of War (1995 Multimedia)

Producer

Caroline Manyon

Subject

History

Distribution

CD-ROM

An investigation of World War 2, exploring the major battles, their political background and consequences. The 35 main battles are divided among five main theatres of war: Europe, the Eastern Front, the...

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Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (2007)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 412 minutes), £24.99

The Vietnam War was one of the worst horrors of the second half of the 20th century and the causes behind it continue to baffle people to this day. How did it start? What were the justifications for...

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Out of Asia (1997 Video)

Producer

Chris Hale

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Late in 1996 archaeologists in the remote north-west Australia’s Northern Territory claimed to have found the oldest art in the world and evidence for the arrival of people in Australia three times earlier...

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Persian Wars, The: The Storm from the East (1997 Video)

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £38.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Traces the causes and course of the Persian Wars, from the Ionian revolt against Persian rule in the town of Miletus in 499BC to the Battle of Platea. Filmed on location, shows the major sites of the...

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