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Secrets of Our Living Planet (2012)

Subject

Biology; Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 236 minutes), £19.99

Four part BBC documentary presented by Chris Packham, who uses recent scientific discoveries to explore the different ecosystems which enable life to exist on earth through a series of complex and...

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South of the Border (2010)

Director

Oliver Stone

Subject

Geography; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £9.99

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is a hero in Latin America for his willingness to stand up to the United States (both the government and the private sector) and his desire to use the nation’s petroleum...

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Evidence for the Ice Age (1965 Film)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Evidence shows that a large part of North America was once covered with ice, that ice does actually move and in doing so, modifies the landscape over which it passes.

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Slope: The Key to the Landscape (1980 Film, Video)

Director

W John Allen; Michael J Clark

Producer

W John Allen; Michael J Clark

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Uses examples from Britain, Europe and North America to demonstrate three relationships through which an understanding of basic slope systems can be approached. Slope processes are introduced as the key to...

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Greenhouse Effect, The (1988 Video)

Producer

Peter Ceresole

Subject

Geography

Distribution

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

The earth’s climate is changing with global warming, and disasterous effects may follow. Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas adds so much carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This traps the sun’s...

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Understanding Earth (1994 Video)

Subject

Geography; Geology

Distribution

Sale, CAV Videodisc. NTSC format., 2000 sale: £369.95 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A electronic version of the text ‘Understanding Earth’ by Frank Press and Raymond Siever, with additional diagrams, photos, 3-D animation, laboratory demonstrations, mini-documentaries, archival footage,...

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Birdwatchers (2010)

aka: (Terra Degli Uomini Rossi, La

Director

Marco Bechis

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 108 minutes), £15.99

A drama in which a group of indigenous people face off against the modern day owners of their ancestral homeland.In Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, the farming classes lead a wealthy and leisurely existence....

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West, The (4 Parts) (1996 Video)

Director

Ken Burns; Steve Ives

Producer

Ken Burns; Steve Ives

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, 4 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 180, 180, 192, 210 min., 2000 sale: £16.99 (inclusive) each

Eight-part television series using photographs, newsreels, journals, music, diaries and artifacts to relate the history of the American West from 1500 to 1914. On four videocassettes: 1) The People...

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Planet Earth (2006)

Director

Alastair Fothergill

Subject

Biology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £39.99

All 11 parts of David Attenborough’s television series exploring the evolution of the Earth and the life which it supports. DVD extras include Planet Earth Diaries - Making Of; Planet Earth: THe Future -...

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Strangers Abroad (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

aka: Strangers Abroad: Pioneers of Social Anthropology

Director

André Singer

Producer

André Singer

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (6 x 52 minutes), £60.00 each part or £300 the series

Series on the first anthropologists to go out to live among the peoples who interested them. Retraces the steps of these pioneering anthropologists in the countries where they worked and, through their...

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