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Duchess Helps Hospital

Date released

5 Mar 1934

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

315

NoS ID

033128

Story no

2 / 6

Opens new X-ray Department of Marie Curie Hospital. Lord Reading presides at ceremony graced by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York.

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Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World, The (2013)

aka: Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World

Subject

Chemistry; Physics; Science; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

How did the first woman to win the Nobel prize achieve such great things in a time when a woman’s place was in the home? This BBC documentary tells the story of her lifetime including her status as a...

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The Good, The Bad (2001)

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £ 15 per item or £ 100 for the whole set (inclusive)

One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues. This film looks at the discovery of radioactivity by the three French Nobel Prizewinners...

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Coping with Cancer (1985 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 min.

Two patients discuss the role ‘Coping with Cancer’ and Conrad House Marie Curie Home have played in their care. The need for practical help and caring support is emphasised.

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World of Enrico Fermi, The (2 Parts) (1970 Film)

Producer

Gordon Burwash; John Kemeny

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America, and his meetings with other scientists, including Mme Curie,...

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Nova: Hunting the Elements (2012)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 120 minutes), $19.99

New York Times technology correspondent David Pogue presents this documentary which aims to provide an introduction to the elements and the history of their discovery. Pogue asks why are some elements, such...

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Listen to the Cancer Patient (1985 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 39min.

Mrs C, a 78-year-old widow, formerly a midwife, has cancer of the bowel. She relates her feeling concerning her diseases, and her experiences of treatment and care. Mrs S, a 40-year-old patient with...

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Nobel’s Greatest Hits: Science (2001)

aka: Understand Science: Nobel’s Greatest Hits Explained

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £15.99

Five 10-minute programmes from the series NOBEL’S GREATEST HITS on topics relating to advances in science and understanding that have brought us to the brink of controlling and destroying our world .

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Arrows of Desire (3 Parts) (2002)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 25 minutes), £19.99 each

Three videos each containing four 25-minute programmes exploring the great diversity of English verse from the age of Chaucer to the present day. Traces the development of English verse through the ages,...

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