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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Yucatec Maya, The: A Case Study in Marriage and Family (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    This programme, with footage and commentary by Hubert L Smith, whose field research spanned many years in the Maya community, follows a traditional extended family group as its members companionably share...

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  6. Crossing the American Crises: From Collapse to Action (2011)

    Director
    Silvia Leindecker
    Producer
    Michael Fox
    Subject
    Economics; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 82 minutes), $19.95

    On September 15, 2008, the United States fell into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The same day, the filmmakers set out on a trip around the country to ask the American people what...

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  7. Women in a Changing World (1974 Film)

    Director
    Duncan Hazelden
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the changing role of women in a number of different societies. Looks at the role of the Aymará women living in the Bolivian highlands, the Boran women living in northern Kenya, and the women living...

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  8. Smoke (1991 Video)

    Director
    Maarten Rens
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Deals with fish smoking in Monnickendam, a small town near Amsterdam. Using archival footage, interviewing old fishermen, and contrasting the traditional and the modern industrial way to smoke fish, the film...

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  9. Precambrian Glaciation in Scotland (2003)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    On a group of remote islands off the coast of south west Scotland there is evidence for Snowball Earth - a completely white planet covered in ice. The Garvellachs, or Isles of the Sea, reveal something of...

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  10. Coast Series 2 - The Journey Continues (2007)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £29.99

    The second series of the BBC documentary that discovers the secrets of the British coastline. Includes the episodes Dover To Isle Of Wight, Holyhead To Liverpool, Arran To Gretna, Cornwall To Ilses Of...

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