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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Plant Factory (1994 Video)

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

    Looks at oilseed rape, which has become a major crop in England, and discusses its many uses. Genetic engineers hybridise it with alien species and materials, to produce plastics, oil and foodstuffs.

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  8. Disasters (1994 Video)

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

    The Kobe, Japan, earthquake highlighted the Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction. After each disaster, man-made or natural, data is sifted and information formulated to aid in coping with forthcoming...

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  9. Wetlands (1994 Video)

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

    Wetlands - a term encompassing bogs, marshes, swamps and estuaries, once systematically polluted or destroyed, are seen to be economically significant as a source of employment, agriculturally rich, and...

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  10. Spacelink (1994 Video)

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

    Space technology is responsible for a range of products including Teflon, flexible heat shields, robotic tools, communication systems, and a telescope used also as a medical research tool for the study of...

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