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  1. Ferriby Boats on the Tides of Time, The (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., £11.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the Bronze Age Ferriby boats, one of Britain’s most significant maritime discoveries, preserved for thousands of years beneath the mud of the banks of the River Humber. Using documentary film of...

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  2. Fearless Navy (1978 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 66 min., 1996 sale: £9.95 (+p&p)

    Three films recalling some lesser known aspects of the Royal Navy. BROAD FOURTEENS (1945) was shot in Weymouth and features the work of the men on the motor torpedo boats. DRAGON SQUADRON (1973) follows the...

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  3. Waving Not Drowning (2000)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £79.99

    Uses the story of two Cornish fishermen to illustrate the physics they rely on. New fishing techniques such as pair-trawling require essential communication between boats. Even small boats now carry...

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  4. Three Men in Boats (1991)

    Director
    Patrick Veale
    Producer
    Sue Tramontini
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 26 min.

    Shows how the sea is used by different professions. Follows the working routine of a crofter fisherman, a tanker pilot, and the lecturer in maritime geography as they carry out their professions afloat and...

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  5. Women’s Land Army, The (1917 Film)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A Women’s Land Army recruitment film. It compares unfavourably the idle ways of the ‘ladies of leisure’ with the patriotic endeavour of the WLA whose activities were helping to counter the U-boats’...

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  6. China Coast Fishing (1975 Film)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The traditional ‘floating population’ that fishes Chinese coastal waters from family-sized junks based in Hong-Kong harbour is in competition with salaried fishermen using motorised boats. The combined...

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  7. Too Much Tourism? (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1997 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines how tourism affects a community, what its economic benefits are, what damage it can do, and whether tourism can be managed to minimise the problems, using the Lake District as a case study. Looks at...

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  8. Ships and Boats and Strains (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines silica, a non-metallic and amorphous material, and its use in optical fibres. Also explores a novel method of regularly varying the refractive index in a section of an optical fibre to produce a...

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  9. Attack on Zeebrugge, The (1926 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    This record of the action on the night of April 23rd 1918 includes much authentic material, including the sinking of two ships by U-boat action, and shots of U-boats and of various vessels which took part in...

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  10. Somalia: Fishing for Change (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 min., 2000 hire: £10.00 (inclusive)

    Reports on the International Committee of the Red Cross/Somali Red Crescent Coastal Fisheries Training Programme, which is helping to boost the local fishing industry in Somalia. Features some of the 400...

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