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  1. Price of Britain’s Bomb, The (1982 Video)

    Director
    Eric Harrison
    Producer
    Stephen Clarke
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Investigates the story of Project Chevaline, the British project to modify Polaris nuclear missiles to increase the range of their striking power, which it is claimed overran its budget by 100% in real...

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  2. Noise was Deafening, The (1982 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Stresses the problems of noise induced hearing loss in industry. Aims to answer the following questions: How is noise generated? What are its tolerable levels? What harm does noise do to hearing? How can...

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  3. Planets, The 1 (1976 Video)

    Producer
    Edward Goldwyn
    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.

    Discusses developments in space exploration, including American and Russian flights to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter. Geological features on these planets and on the moon give clues as to how...

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  4. 1870 Education Act, The (1970 Audio)

    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Cassette, 30 minutes), £11.00

    Focuses on major problems in late Victorian English society as factors in the campaign for the Act. The reasons for the emergence of the educational issue and the role of ‘religion’ and ‘class’ are...

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  5. Ecstasy and Agony (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Jemima Harrison
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ex-professional stuntman Tim Lawrence, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 34, who uses the illegal drug Ecstasy to relieve the symptoms and restore normal movement. The flooding of the...

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  6. Conjugacy and Fixed Points (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Koumi
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Uses a variety of graphics sequences, animations and three-dimensional models to establish a geometric characterisation of ‘conjugacy’. Specifically, it is proved that two elements of a symmetry group...

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  7. Behind the Scenes: A Portrait of Pierre Guffroy (1995 Video)

    aka: Envers du Decors, L’

    Director
    Robert Salis
    Subject
    Design; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 128 min., 1995 sale: £15.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    A documentary about French film set designer Pierre Guffroy, who worked on films including TESS, LA FETE COMMENCE and PIRATES. He talks about how he created the set of Paris in 1980 for FRANTIC and the...

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  8. To Catch a Falling Car (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Evanson
    Subject
    Mathematics; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min.

    Explores the mathematical concepts of speed and acceleration, which are explained using the motion of trains on the Docklands Light Railway. Shows trains travelling at constant speed and accelerating away...

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  9. Matisse and the Problem of Expression (1993 Video)

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

    Deals with questions of interpretations, and specifically with the interpretation of expressive content. Focuses on a number of works by Henri Matisse, for whom the expression of feeling was the central...

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  10. Pushing the Limits in Athletic Performance (2002)

    Subject
    Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    Analyses the performance of 21st century athletes. Considers why athletes are getting faster, how modern athletes train, whether the gender gap is closing, technology in sport, the dangers of pushing bodies...

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