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  1. Thomas Telford: The Man Who Built Britain (2017)

    Director
    Lester Wilson
    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 59 minutes), $24.95

    Arguably a greater engineer than Brunel, Telford led the way for Britain to become one of the great engineering nations of the world. Although he worked 200 years ago, scores of his creations still adorn our...

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  2. Claverton Pump (1979 Video)

    Director
    Mark Price
    Producer
    N D C Harris
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 15 min.

    Describes the history and operation of the Claverton pumping engine, built in 1813 to pump water from the River Avon up to the Kennet and Avon canal near Bath. This was reputedly the largest water driven...

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  3. Astacus (Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Depicts the structure and mode of functioning of the crayfish. External structure illustrated showing the regions of the body and the various appendages. This leads to a consideration of the respiratory and...

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  4. Nursing on Film, 1920s - 1980s

    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This collection of films held by the Staffordshire Film Archives traces the history of the nursing profession in North Staffordshire from the 1920s to the 1980s. In CITY GENERAL NURSES (1988), nurses past...

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  5. Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie, Le (1972 Video)

    aka: Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The

    Director
    Luis Buñuel
    Subject
    French studies; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 97 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Satirical comedy in which six middle-class friends attempt to dine together but are continually frustrated.

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  6. Operative Surgery: Direct Inguinal Hernia (1982 Video)

    Director
    Mervyn Rosenberg
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    A detailed account of a standard technique for the repair of a direct inguinal hernia. The anatomy and surgical procedure is described. Complications of the operation are briefly discussed.

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  7. Nature of Matter (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1998 sale: £28.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows key experiments performed between 1870 and 1940 which established the structure of the atom: cathode ray tubes, canal rays, mass spectrometer; Thompson’s plum pudding model; Rutherford’s gold foil...

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  8. Holbein’s Ambassadors: Rendezvous with Death (2013)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 36 minutes), 14.99 Euros

    Analysis of Hans Holbein’s painting which show thow the artist uses his two protagonists - men at the cutting edge of science, politics and the arts - not simply to symbolise privilege and power, but to...

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  9. Tropical Sprue (1950 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Video cassette. VHS. st. col. 7 min.

    Sprue is a functional disorder of the alimentary tract. The typical facies is seen, the emaciation and skin pigmentation, and the appearance of the stools. The blood picture is that of a hyperchromic...

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  10. Air Myelography (1969 Film)

    Director
    J Bories; A Buge; M Martin
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Air myelography consists in replacing cerebrospinal fluid by air so as to create a gas contrast outlining the spinal cord against the spinal canal.

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