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  1. Natural Disasters Cd-Rom (1999 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An interactive CD-ROM investigating types of natural hazards, ways of preventing their becoming disasters, response when disasters occur and the process of recovery. An interactive scenario allows the user...

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  2. Tanker collision off the South African coast (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    (Two related clips). Two supertankers have collided off the coast of South Africa; two crewmen are missing, presumed dead. It could prove to be one of the most costly accidents in shipping history. The...

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  3. Recent additions to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    28 Jun 2013, 09:51
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes nearly 1,400 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new...

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  4. Environmental Science: Multimedia Activities

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM), £33.59

    This interactive DVD covers topics such as Earth, Water, Life, Landforms and Extreme Weather. It enables students to study rock samples and to model, for example, the flow of water from rainstorm to ocean,...

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  5. Disaster 1 (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Davies
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate large-scale disasters of the 20th century. Covers the sinking of the ‘Titanic’, the Tenerife air crash, the mud-slide in Aberfan in South Wales in...

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  6. Then and Now (2012)

    Director
    Paul Johannessen
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography

    This short (15 minute) introductory documentary, shot in November 2011 in Ishinomaki, Japan, looks at how the recovery from the Tsunami earlier that year is going. During a trip to Ishinomaki in November,...

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  7. Flooding in the UK: Tewkesbury (2013)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 37 minutes), £49.00

    This DVD explores the environmental and human cause of the Tewkesbury flood in 2007, looking at runoff, infiltration rates and the factors affecting storm hydrographs. First hand accounts from residents and...

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  8. Living with Disaster (1996 Video)

    Director
    Damien Rea
    Producer
    Janet Boston
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Shows what happens in poorer countries when natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons and drought strike. In contrast to the stereotyped images of people in developing countries as hopeless, passive...

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  9. Perfect Oil Spill, A (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Chitty
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The tanker ‘Sea Empress’ ran aground off Milford Haven in 1996, spilling 80,000 tonnes, but the expected disaster never happened. Scientists had been studying the area for over 50 years and had...

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  10. How to Boil a Frog (2009)

    Director
    John Cooksey
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £49.00

    Described as an "eco-comedy", the message of HOW TO BOIL A FROG is, in fact, deadly serious. The film is about "overshoot" - too many people, using up too few resources, too quickly. Featuring contributions...

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