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  1. Pest Wars (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Haws; Sean Morris
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC

    Questions the efficiency of chemical pesticides, which are revealed to be expensive, environmentally unfriendly and ineffective. Reviews the development of biological pest control, looking at current...

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  2. They Call Us Maids: The Domestic Workers’ Story (2015)

    Subject
    Social Studies; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 7 minutes), £15.00

    This short animated film tells the story of the thousands of women from extremely poor backgrounds, in countries such as the Philippines, Indonesia, South Asia or Africa, who have to find work abroad to...

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  3. Racism: A History (2007)

    aka: Race Through Time

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 3 x 50 minutes), £585(series) £195 (each part)

    A 3-part documentary series chronicling the shifts in the idea of ‘race’ and the history of racism in Europe, The Americas, Australasia and Asia. The films show how ideas of racial difference have...

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  4. Global Firms in the Industrializing East (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Leathem
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 27 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explores the changing organisation of multinational corporations and how, through their location decisions, these companies constantly reshape the divisions of labour that exist between countries. The...

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  5. Great Rift, The (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Keith Scholey; Adrian Warren
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 55 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £150.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series examining the 4500-mile-long Great Rift Valley of Africa, the greatest rupture in the earth’s crust, evolved over some 40m years and still widening. 1: Begins at an active volcano in Zaire which...

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  6. Roundabout - 1963: A Year in Colour (2013)

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £19.99

    In the 1960s the UK Government, through the Central Office of Information (COI), produced a number of films for overseas distribution. Essentially designed to promote British industry and values abroad,...

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  7. 600 Roundabout Films Added to News on Screen

    Date
    11 Nov 2016, 15:29
    Author
    Sarah Allen
    Post Type
    Post

    600 films from the Technicolor cinemagazine Roundabout (1962-1974) are now freely available on News on Screen. Produced by the Central Office of Information (COI) to showcase British manufacturing and...

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  8. Anote’s Ark (2018)

    Director
    Matthieu Rytz
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 77 minutes), $295.00

    What if your country was swallowed by the sea? The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is one of the most remote places on the planet, far-removed from the pressures of modern life. Yet it is one of the first...

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  9. Flu Time Bomb (2007)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences

    As a virulent new strain of influenza spreads across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East on the wings of migratory birds, scientists look to the past in order to prevent a future global pandemic. The...

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  10. Four Holy Men: Renunciation in Hindu Society (197 Film)

    Producer
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on four Sadhus (holy men) as a means of portraying the variety of devotional paths open to religious Hindus and examining the Sadhus’ role in present-day Indian society. The bulk of the film...

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