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Big Picture, The (1996 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Considers the role of remote sensing from aircraft and satellites combined with computer modelling to monitor and predict vegetation changes on a global scale. Examples are the regrowth of tropical forests...

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Liberation of Majdanek, The (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 60 min., £14.99 (retail)

Majdanek was unique - the only concentration camp still operational at the time of its liberation. It was erected in 1941 and liberated on 23 July 1944. The speed of the Soviet advance gave the Germans no...

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Sexual Imperative, The (3 Parts) (1993 Video)

Producer

Clive Bromhall

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 102 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) each

A six-part series exploring the natural history of sex, comparing human and animal sexuality, with two programmes on each videotape. Vol 1: 1) The Importance of Sex: explores the fundamentals of sex - what...

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Foreign Ministers in Geneva

Date released

31 Oct 1955

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1378

NoS ID

020477

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Foreign Ministers at Geneva. DESCRIPTION: Once again, Geneva comes right into the international picture with another Big Four conference, this time at Foreign Minister level. The...

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Stephen Hawking’s Universe (2010)

Subject

Astronomy; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 174 minutes (DVD) 240 minutes (Blu-ray)), £24.99

Series of six programmes in which Professor Stephen Hawking considers topics in cosmology. 1: Explores mathematics and how it revolutionised our view of the universe. Covers Ptolemy’s theory of the motion...

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Liberation of Auschwitz, The (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 55 min., £14.99 (retail)

Footage released by the Russians as prosecution evidence at the Nuremberg war crime trials. Captain Alexander Vorontsov, the only surviving cameraman from the Soviet film crew attached to the 1st Ukranian...

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Star is Bored, A (1974 Television)

Series

Happy Days

Director

Jerry Paris

American sitcom set in Milwaukee in the mid-fifties concerning the lives of the Cunningham family. In this episode Richie, Potsie, and Ralph need new uniforms for their baseball team and want to get a big...

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Macbeth (1913 Film)

A version of Macbeth with Arthur Bouchier and Violet Vanbrugh. Other leading parts were played by German actors.

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Four Hours a Year: The Making of "The March of Time" Newsreel (1974)

Director

John Musilli

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 56 minutes), £95.00

"The March of Time" newsreel series covered the news for motion picture audiences before television, 1935 to 1951. This documentary features interviews with its creative team of Louis de Rochemont, producer,...

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Big Picture, The (2008)

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 235 minutes), £19.99

The Cold War of the 1950s resulted in many US television programmes produced by government and industry to promote their own interests. The longest running and best received of these was the U.S. Army’s...

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