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  1. In the Land of the War Canoes (1972 Film)

    aka: In the Land of the Headhunters

    Director
    Edward S Curtis
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A romanticised saga of Kwakiutl Indian life on the northwest coast of America, filmed in 1914 by Edward S Curtis, who was already famous for his still photographs of Indians, and his writings about them. It...

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  2. Against the Sea: A Case Study in Coast Erosion (1968 Video)

    Director
    W John Allen; Michael J Clark
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min

    Barton is a cliff-top resort in Christchurch Bay, Hampshire, England. Property and amenities are threatened by coastal retreat of up to a metre a year. The problem is caused by a combination of marine...

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  3. CamÉra d’Afrique (1983 Video)

    Director
    Férid Boughedir
    Producer
    Férid Boughedir
    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 95 min.

    A survey of 20 years of black African film production from Sembene Ousmane’s Senegalese fictional short BOROM SARRET (1963) to Souleumane Cissé's 1983 feature FINYE (THE WIND). Includes clips from 18...

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  4. Kinship and Descent (2 Parts) (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) each part

    Part 1: Although kinship and descent are not particularly significant organising principles in Western cultures, these cultures do incorporate kinship and descent considerations in some ways. This programme...

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  5. Photographic Vision, The (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 x 30 min., 1999 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) each

    Technical principles of photography: camera mechanics, the chemical and physical reactions that produce a permanent image, use of equipment, and techniques for producing quality photographs. Possibilities...

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  6. Cuyagua (2 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Paul Henley
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale (video - RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col 52, 56 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

    The people of Cuyagua, a small village on the Venezuelan Caribbean coast, are descended from African slaves brought to work on the local cacao plantation in the 18th century. Some villagers still work on the...

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  7. Matjemosh: A Woodcarver from the Village of Amanankai-Asmat Tribe on the Southwest Coast of New Guinea (1965 Film)

    Director
    Adrianus Alexander Gerbrands
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    First-person narration (with Oxford accent) by the carver, who describes the complete process of making a hand-drum, from selecting the tree to carving the handle. Other demands for carvings are more briefly...

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  8. At the Autumn River Camp (1967 Video)

    Director
    Asen Balikci; Quentin Brown
    Producer
    Quentin Brown; Kevin Smith
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 59 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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  9. Rise of Nationalism, The (1983 Video)

    Director
    Mike Csaky; Andrew Harries; John Percival; Christopher Ralling
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    Looks at the major independence struggles, opening with the situation in the Gold Coast and the initiative of the nationalist leader Kwame Nkrumah. Through archive film and interviews with people who recall...

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  10. Cove, The (2009)

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £19.99

    In the 1960s, Richard O’Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialised animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins that were used in the popular television series FLIPPER, and taught them the tricks...

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