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Shoot to Learn

Date released

26 Dec 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1960

NoS ID

026712

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Shoot to Learn. DESCRIPTION: A fascinating experiment at a school in Surrey gives a new incentive to the less academically inclined - the early school leavers. The pupils run their own...

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Navigation (1981 Video)

Producer

David Hyole

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

During the 17th century many advances in practical and instrumental navigation took place. These were aided by other scientific developments, and in turn navigational requirement gave impetus to developments...

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Picture of Britain, A (2005)

Subject

Art; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), 24.99

A series of six programmes in which David Dimbleby tours Britain, exploring artistic response to the landscape and contemplating subjects such as travel, nationhood and romantic yearning. Individual...

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Weir’s Way: The Highlands and the Hebrides (2008)

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 262 minutes), £24.99

A series of walks with climber, naturalist and explorer Tom Weir, along the castle walls, perilous cliff sides, lochs and other landscapes that contribute to the life of Scotland. The settings include:...

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Story of Wales, The

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £41.99

Six part series presented by BBC News at Ten newsreader Huw Edwards who tells the story of Wales from prehistoric times to the emergence of a modern nation. Beginning with the earliest known human burial in...

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Struggle for a Border (9 Parts) (1967 Film)

Director

Pierre l’Amare; Ronald Dick

Producer

Nicholas Balla; Ronald Dick

Subject

Geography; History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Part 1: From the first contacts to the culminating conflict - the whole struggle of New England and New France, and the economic contest between the St Lawrence trade system and the Atlantic-Hudson system....

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Whicker’s World Volume 5

Subject

Media studies; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 365 minutes), £4.99

A cultural icon, consummate interviewer and guiding light behind some of the most popular documentaries ever made, Alan Whicker’s quiet brand of incisive, insightful television journalism has enthralled...

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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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Coast Series 1 (13 Parts) (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Geography; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 686 minutes), £39.99

Geographer Nicholas Crane presents a 13-part journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today. He is joined by a historian, an...

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Natural Disaster Films 1905-1973 (2005)

aka: Natural Disaster Films - Earthquakes, Floods, Tornados & Hurricanes

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 150 minutes), $19.95

A compilation of footage of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes & hurricanes. Includes: 1936 PITTSBURGH FLOOD (PART II - PART I MISSING) (1936, 2:49, Silent); A TRIP DOWN MARKET STREET BEFORE THE FIRE (1906,...

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