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  1. A CAR IS BORN

    Date released
    Oct 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 18th Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    346263
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the use of coal in the car manufacturing industry. NCB Commentary - Journeys end ... ... Over 200,000-tons of coal a year flow into the works of one of Britain’s key industries. Coal for...

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  2. Shape of Cars to Come, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The design of a mass produced object is subject to two forces - technical considerations (such as performance) and market appeal. Explores the mixture, and sometimes conflict, between these forces at work on...

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  3. BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    Date
    17 May 2011, 09:23
    Author
    Markeda Cole
    Post Type
    Post

    For the week ending 13 May 2011 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include the creation of life, the universe, good hairdressing and the shape of topical British politics. 1....

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  4. Biology of Spiders. No. 9: Capture of Prey and Mating: ‘Hyptiotes Paradoxus’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The triangle spider, ‘Hyptiotes paradoxus’, makes a web of unique shape. Moreover, the spider bridges a gap on the apical line with its body so that it holds up and tensions the entire web. When courting...

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  5. History of Dress (5 Parts) (1977 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    1: Ways in which clothes have been used throughout history to accentuate, disguise, distort and hide the body. 2: Fabric and style, how the materials from which clothes are made have varied, and how the form...

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  6. Living Body, The (26 Parts) (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 x 26 min.

    A series examining the human living body in its entirety, answering questions such as what underlies movement, thinking, eating and breathing, how one body gives birth to another, how can the human eye be so...

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  7. Examined Life, The (26 Parts) (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    out of distribution, 26 videocassettes. VHS. col. 26 x 30 min., 2001 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) each part 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) set

    The series addresses great questions philosophers have pursued down the ages, showing the diverse ways varous philsophers have approached each question. Aims to encourage the development of critical thinking...

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  8. Gods and Idols

    Date
    27 Dec 2013, 12:38
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Why are stars often called ‘gods’ or ‘goddesses’? How was antiquity used to boost the image of the developing film industry and its stars? What does this historical association tell us about...

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  9. New film & TV books in October

    Date
    18 Oct 2012, 17:11
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    Behind the Scenes at the BBFC: Film Classification from the Silver Screen to the Digital Age Edited by Edward Lamberti (foreword by Mark Kermode) (BFI/Palgrave Macmillan, 23 Nov 2012), 256 pages ISBN:...

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  10. Sisterhood and After: The Women’s Liberation Oral History Project

    Date
    8 Jun 2015, 08:09
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    The Women’s Liberation Movement Oral History Project aims to provide a permanent archive on the pioneering work undertaken by feminists from the 1960s to the 1980s. Dr Margaretta Jolly, Reader in Cultural...

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