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  1. USA: Dust Bowl

    Date released
    1937
    Series name
    The March of Time 3rd Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    352169
    Story no
    3 / 3

    Monthly Film Bulletin synopsis: During this year alone, 10,000 American grain farmers in the ten states have been forced to abandon their lands by a contagious and deadly natural blight erosion of the soil...

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  2. Vanishing Earth (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Andrews
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

    Two-part documentary about the importance of soil and water. Part 1: Shows how mismanagement of land can lead to soil erosion and drought. Part 2: Shows methods of alleviating the problem and demonstrates...

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  3. September on the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    11 Sep 2013, 10:32
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

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

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  4. Landshapes (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Tim Fell
    Subject
    Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 x 28 min., 1993 sale: £55 (set of 7 programmes)

    A series of seven programmes looking at the geomorphology of Britain and Ireland. Part 1: The stiperstones of Shropshire, which are representative of some of the most ancient rocks found in the British...

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  5. Second Nature (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Derelict land can be regard as either decaying poisoned wasteland or an uncultivated wildlife site. It co-exists with the steady erosion of greenfield sites. The Ackers Project in Birmingham and the West...

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  6. Castleguard Cave (1974 Film)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Castleguard is an alpine cave under the Columbia icefield in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. In 1973 a group of speleologists, led by Derek Ford, set out to explore this system. Demonstrates the...

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  7. Axing of the Himalayas, The (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    The forests on the hill slopes of the Himalayas are disappearing and it is no longer possible for the hill people to find enough firewood or fodder for their animals. Discusses the conflict between...

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  8. Dixie - 1940

    Date released
    Jun 1940
    Series name
    The March of Time 5th Year
    Issue no
    13
    NoS ID
    352017
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The March of Time synopsis: Although the American Civil War ended over 70 years ago, the Southern States today are still suffering from its effects, and it is to the great problems of the 36,000,000 people...

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  9. Recent additions to the Gateway

    Date
    24 Oct 2012, 18:06
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,200 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  10. Professor Mike Clark RIP

    Date
    16 Apr 2014, 08:32
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    It is with sadness that we report that Professor Michael Clark died on Friday 11 April. Mike died following a long illness that spanned more than 7 years - he had a rare form of cancer of the liver that, for...

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