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  1. Predation of Cossid Moth Larvae by Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos (1980 Video)

    Director
    Phil Carne; Ray McInnes
    Producer
    Nick Alexander
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 min.

    A record of the way in which the yellow-tailed black cockatoo extracts the cossid moth larvae from the trunk of the gum tree. Shows the behaviour of the bird and its prey and underlines the adaptations which...

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  2. In-Flight Movie (1987 Video)

    Producer
    John Downer
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Looks at how and why birds fly. Using remarkable new film techniques the audience is given a ‘bird’s eye’ view of the world. Shows a goose’s perpective of flying among clouds and what a fast-flying...

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  3. Arctic Tundra (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The habitat of the northern coast of Canada, 350 miles inside the Arctic circle. Shows plant and bird life in the tundra in early summer.

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  4. Impossible Bird, The (1983 Video)

    Director
    Hugh Miles
    Producer
    Richard Brock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Study of the behaviour of ostriches. Made in Kenya with the co-operation of zoologist Lew Hurxthal who spent eight years conducting his research.

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  5. Mallee Fowl, The (1957 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 11 min.

    An account of the nesting habits of the mallee fowl ‘Leipoa ocellata’, a member of the ‘Megapodirdae’ family of mound builders. Incubation of eggs in mounds of earth; male bird controls temperature...

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  6. Portrait of Earth (1980 Film)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A study of satellites from Echo and Early Bird through ERTS, Navsats, Weather Sats to Landsat and Satellite Business Systems. Shows the effort put into the weather study of the earth and ends with a review...

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  7. Peck Order in Chickens (1971 Video)

    Director
    John Paling
    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    out of distribution

    A demonstration of linear peck order in domestic chickens and the subsequent social stability which results when each bird comes to know its place in the social hierarchy. Five previously unacquainted...

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  8. Wobblies, The (1979 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Stewart Bird; Deborah Shaffer
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A documentary celebration of the heyday of the Industrial Workers of the World, the broad-based radical trade union that rallied thousands of American workers to the cry of ‘one big union’ between 1905...

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  9. Yesterday’s Britain: Highlands (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Biology; History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 63 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A compilation of three short British Transport films. 1 (1952, dir. John Taylor): Tours the communities between Inverness and Kinloch Rannoch. Shows life in these small communities, developments in industry,...

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  10. Birds of a Feather (1984 Film)

    Producer
    Simon Trevor
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shot in East Africa, an account of the most numerous bird in the world, the red-billed quelea, and its fight for survival. African governments and international agencies have destroyed millions of quelea to...

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