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  1. Tom Stoppard: A Talk Show Special (2002)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    VHS (PAL), Subscription only

    In a rare television interview, Joan Bakewell talks to playwright Tom Stoppard, whose new trilogy of plays ‘The Coast of Utopia’ is currently running at the Royal National Theatre. Details compiled from...

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  2. Island Fishpond, The (1974 Film)

    Director
    Norman N Miller
    Producer
    Norman N Miller
    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The need for a new freshwater fishpond focuses the island community, representatives of the Hong Kong government, and a single entrepreneur on an effort to increase productivity - and economic well-being -...

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  3. Art of Fred Cuming, Ra, The (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £27.95 (inclusive)

    Shows Royal Academician Fred Cuming at work sketching and painting in Rye harbour and on Camber Sands along the south coast of Englan. Then, working from this material, he produces several oil paintings in...

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  4. Jesus and the Fisherman (198 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., £25.00 (+VAT + p&p)

    The Portuguese occupation of the Sri Lankan coast in the 16th century brought Catholicism to fishing villages. Examines the cross-cultural folklore which resulted, concentrating on the celebration of Easter,...

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  5. Signals for Survival (1969 Film)

    Director
    Hugh Falkus
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part of Professor Tinbergen’s research into the habits of the lesser black-backed gull, a huge colony of which was filmed on the north-east coast of England, the film demonstrates the part played by social...

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  6. Citizens of the Coral (1972 Film)

    Producer
    Aubrey Buxton
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the fish that feed off the corals that established themselves on the wreck of the wartime vessel ‘Umbria’ on the Wingate Reef, off the Red Sea coast of the Sudan.

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  7. 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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  8. Operation ‘Pluto’: The Development and Production of the Hamel Pipelines (1944 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 36 min., Free loan

    Looks at the Hamel piplines, the purpose of which was to delivering petrol wherever required, without harbours or ships, on the invasion coast of France during World War 2. The success of this top-secret...

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  9. Louis Malle Documentary Collection, The

    Director
    Louis Malle
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 818 minutes), £51.86

    Malle’s little known body of work as a documentary filmmaker shows both the discerning eye of a true artist and the investigatory skills of a great journalist. This collection includes: VIVE LE TOUR...

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  10. Moon’s Men (196 Video)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. 13 min.

    Portrays the daily work of the fishermen of Morecambe Bay, including their very distinctive methods of fishing which were adapted to the long flats and shallows of their piece of coast. Some of the most...

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