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  1. New Face on Capitol Hill (1961)

    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering; Politics & government

    NEW FACE ON CAPITOL HILL depicts the Georgia Marble Company’s role in the reconstruction of the east facade of the U.S. Capitol building prior to John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, and includes footage of...

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  2. Michael Cockerell to present Learning on Screen Awards 2011

    Date
    9 Mar 2011, 10:49
    Author
    Sarah Allen
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC is delighted to announce that Michael Cockerell will present the 2011 Learning on Screen Awards Ceremony, on the evening of Thursday 24 March 2011 at the National Film Theatre (BFI Southbank),...

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  3. End of Empire (1991 Video)

    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    This last film made by Latvian documentary film-maker Juris Podnieks before he died in 1992, was filmed during the five violent years of ‘perestroika’. It reflects the sweeping social upheavals following...

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  4. From Swamps to Coal (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Okenfenokee Swamp, a freshwater swamp in southern Georgia, is now nearly 200 feet above sea level but was originally part of the sea floor when the Atlantic extended further inland. When the sea...

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  5. Virus That Cures, The (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Judith Bunting
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at a virus derived from sewage that can kill bacteria - a bacteriophage, and the possibilities for using it against antibiotic-resistant disease-causing bacteria. Since the 1930s scientists in Tbilisi...

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  6. Why is Mr W. Laughing? (2017)

    Director
    Jana Papenbroock
    Subject
    Anthropology; Art; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 76 minutes), £50.00

    Documentary which takes us on a collaborative journey through the pictorial worlds of three artists with different disabilities. The film, which focuses on their aesthetic obsessions, uses an eclectic mix of...

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  7. Painted Babies (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Jane Treays
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A behind-the-scenes look at the world of junior beauty pageants in the southern states of the USA, open to children from six months to 17 years. Explores the themes of lost childhood and naked ambition by...

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  8. Killer Virus (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the increasing threat posed by new viruses: the Ebola virus, which struck in Zaire in 1995; hanta in the USA, dengue fever in South America, a virus from the Amazon that eats its victims’ lungs;...

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  9. Columns for People (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Adam
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    Looks at the most infuential buildings and architects of the 1980s, loosely grouped under the new architectural expressions such as ‘post-modern’, ‘high-tech’ and ‘rationalism’. Some of the...

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  10. Doctor’s Dilemma, The (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    An interactive role-play programme in medical ethics. The user assumes the role of a family physician and is called on to make decisions in ten cases that raise ethical issues similar to those faced by GPs:...

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