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  1. Worst for 20 Years

    Date released
    3 Feb 1966
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    66/10
    NoS ID
    111939
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Another crisis faces Rhodesia as one of the worst droughts in years threatens the country.

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  2. Humph ‘The Desert Dairy’ (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Shows how the camel has been successfully domesticated and used to combat the effects of the droughts of the previous five years.

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  3. Water shortages and droughts across Britain (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Brian Ging reports on the launch of the new Thames Water underground storage system at Wood Green aimed at alleviating water-shortages within the south-east of England during periods of drought. Speaks to...

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  4. Flashes: Floods following droughts wreak havoc in America

    Date released
    13 Jun 1935
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    314A
    NoS ID
    005653
    Story no
    3 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Floods in America. SHOTLIST: Aerial shots of the floods. Shot of wreckage wrought by the floods. Shot of the swirling flood water running under railway lines.

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  5. What is Happening to Our Climate? (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

    The steadily increasing emission of gases harmful to climate is depleting the ozone layer and causing global warming, with devastating consequences such as floods, hurricanes and droughts. Examines the...

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  6. Australian News

    Date released
    28 Apr 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1195
    NoS ID
    017753
    Story no
    1 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Australian News - Easter Parade. DESCRIPTION: EASTER PARADE - Sydney’s Easter Parade - a display of the agricultural wealth of the country was still very impressive, in spite of this...

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  7. Rainmaker, The (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Canadian scientist Dr Graeme Mather, who work with cloud seeding in South Africa to prove that clouds could be made to rain by means of human intervention, believed that after 30 years he learned how to end...

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  8. Troubled Water (1993 Video)

    Director
    Harry Arp
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min.

    Water, in the right amount, of the right quality, at the right place, at the right time, is essential to life all over the earth. Floods, droughts, salination and pollution, along with political claims,...

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  9. Wodaabe, The (1988 Video)

    Director
    Leslie Woodhead
    Producer
    Leslie Woodhead
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire (film - RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (video - RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2005 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Wodabee follow their herds across the borders of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon in search of pasture. The droughts that have ravaged the Sahel since the late 1960s have devastated Wodaabe cattle...

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  10. Water Crisis II: Cyprus, China, Spain (2009)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 41 minutes), £97.00

    Three films highlight water shortages across the world. Film 1: Inner Mongolia has long been one of China’s driest regions; Film 2: In Spain the government is trying to solve its shortage by pumping water...

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