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  1. A216 Videocassette 1 (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 180 min., 2000 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Support video in six parts for the A216 course: 1) Architecture: how an architectural style (antique classical) can be read both as a system and as capable of carrying meanings; 2) Understanding Painting and...

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  2. People’s Century (Parts 13-15) (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Jennifer Clayton; Charles Furneaux; Bill Treharne Jones
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 165 min.

    A history of 20th century in 26 parts as seen from the point of view of ordinary people who have lived through the events. Includes interviews and extensive archive footage. 13 (producer: Jennifer Clayton):...

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  3. African Eyes on Europe (3 Parts) (1995 Video)

    aka: Lettres Africaines (3 Parts)

    Director
    Jakub Barua; Rosemary Dei-Boateng; Mweze Ngangura
    Producer
    Parminder Vir
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 25 min., 1996 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

    Three films each directed by an African film-maker in a country in Europe. Each is a letter to a close friend or relative telling them a personal story about their images and impressions of Europe.

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  4. Battle for the Planet (7 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Bo Landin
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. Standard formats. col. 208, 156 min. Tape 1 contains programmes 1-4; tape 2 contains programmes 5-7.

    A seven-part series with each programme presenting a personal view of a major issue, followed by responses from grass-roots groups in different countries, and concluded with discussion relating the issue to...

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  5. Child Mothers, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Caroline van den Brul
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    Explores the medical and social effects of teenage motherhood in various countries, showing the contrasting experiences and difficulties of teenage mothers in Cuba, Ghana, America and Europe, and asks how...

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  6. Sickle Cell: A Lethal Advantage (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates how the study of malaria presented clues as to why sickle cell disease became so common largely among people of African orgin. Reveals how carriers of sickle cell disease are resistant to...

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  7. Oburoni Wawu (1995 Video)

    Director
    Boris Terpinc
    Producer
    Boris Terpinc
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Suggests that aid organisations supplying second-hand clothes to needy people in developing countries may be doing more harm than good, because the market for locally produced garments and textiles is thus...

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  8. West Africa: Art and Identities (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the distinctive characteristics of art from countries such as Ghana and Nigeria. Artists including Ato Delaquis, Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Vesta Adu-Gyamfi and Yinka Shonibare discuss their use of...

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  9. Little by Little (1995 Video)

    Director
    Christopher Walker
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Focuses on reproductive health as the key factor in both the empowerment of women and in sustainable development, and shows women taking small but crucial steps to improve their lives and their health. A...

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  10. Inside a Factory 2: Cadbury’s (2005)

    Subject
    Business studies; Catering; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £125.00

    Explains how cocoa beans in Ghana are turned into Cadbury’s chocolat, with special emphasis on the Bournville factory, where the raw ‘chocolate crumb’ is refined ('conching’), mixed with cocoa...

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