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  1. Repairing the Damage (1994 Video)

    Director
    Bob Bentley
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Environmental damage is evidenced by poisoned land, infertile soil, and treeless hillsides swept away by storms. But with the right political will, land can be cleansed, goodness restored to the soil and...

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  2. Technology for the Disabled (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at computers as a means to improve the lives of disabled people by increasing their independence.

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  3. Astronomy (1985 Video)

    Director
    Suzanne Campbell-Jones
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how the development of bigger and better computerised telescopes has advanced knowledge of the night sky.

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  4. Burrowers, The (1994 Video)

    Director
    Neil Harris
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at a new machine for digging tunnels, which can burrow safely through ground previously considered impenetrable.

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  5. Measurement (1992 Video)

    Director
    Frank Prendergast
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Given that accurate measurements of time, length and weight are essential to society, discusses the units of measurement that emanate from the National Physical Laboratory, near London.

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  6. Crowds on the Move (1994 Video)

    Director
    Marian Covington
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the increasingly sophisticated crowd monitoring techniques being deployed by police and transport authorities, whose knowledge is contributing to improved standards of safety, efficiency and design.

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  7. Bridges 1 (1994 Video)

    Director
    Suzanne Campbell-Jones
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at new engineering techniques that have led to innovations in bridge construction. Engineers can now measure more precisely aspects of structure and loading.

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  8. Asthma (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Asthma is reckoned to affect 10 per cent of the world’s population, but it is a mysterious disease with no single cause. Possibilities for fighting the disease range from genetic research to a new type of...

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  9. Flatworms (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A New Zealand flatworm that eats earthworms was carried to Northern Ireland and spread from there to Scotland and Denmark. Its predations cause a loss of soil fertility and make it a threat to agriculture;...

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  10. Potatoes (1994 Video)

    Director
    Suzanne Campbell-Jones
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Notes the importance of potatoes in the human diet and the world economy, and looks at how scientists are using genetically engineering better, sweeter, and disease-resistant crops.

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