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  1. Tsetse Fly Control (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

    One method of reducing the menace of trypanosomiasis to man and animals in Africa is to control the tsetse fly vector. The spraying of insecticide from aircraft or by teams on the ground is effective but...

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  2. Media Screen Roundup: December 2015 - January 2016

    Date
    2 Feb 2016, 10:22
    Author
    Linda
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, and published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Sir...

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  3. Investigating Heredity (2000 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Explores aspects of heredity, covering topics such as Mendel’s pea plant experiments and the principles of heredity; chromosonal inheritance illustrated by Walter Sutton and Thomas Morgan experiments on...

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  4. Science Shack: Walking on the Ceiling (2001)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £145.00 +VAT +p&p

    In this edition of the science series, Adam Hart-Davis and an Australian team investigate the fly’s ability to walk upside down on the ceiling. The programme features the first-ever film to capture flies...

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  5. Drosophila: Biology and Behaviour of Hawaiian Picture Wings (1991 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The biology and behaviour of Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, - the so-called ‘picture-wings’ - showing the life cycle and male-male and male-female interactions. Discusses a natural fungicide that is a...

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  6. Chlorostilbon Melanorhynchus ('Trochilidae’): Changes of Direction in Flight (1967 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the hummingbird ‘Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus’ hovering and changing direction in flight. The bird dives forwards, flies upwards forwards, flies upwards backwards and carries out turns. The feeding...

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  7. Sexual Selection and Speciation: Behaviour Studies on Hawaiian Picture Wings and Their Potential in a Med Fly Eradication Program (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the factors for new species formation, using as the example the Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, the so-called ‘picture-wings’. Considers the biological control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in...

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  8. Mormoniella Courtship (1962 Film)

    Director
    Pobert Barrass
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A study of the characteristic activities of an insect that is a pupal parasite of house flies and other cycloraphous ‘Diptera’.

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  9. Concorde Flies (2017)

    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary. This film explores how the progress and developments of the prototypes of Concorde influenced both the politics and the economics of the era, leading eventually to the dual nationality of the...

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  10. Aphid-Eating Ladybirds (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A number of ladybirds (coccinella) feed on green-flies and are an important auxiliary to farmers. Starting with an understanding of migratory and gregarious behaviour of certain species, such as ‘Adonia...

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