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  1. Britain’s Secret Engineers (2010)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    If you need to build a ‘top-secret’ piece of equipment in the UK, there’s one place many people choose to go: defence contractor QinetiQ. This documentary follows workers at this leading British...

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  2. Maiden Flights (2000)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £79.99

    Looks at the principles of aerodynamics, using as illustration the experience of two women who take their maiden flights as helicopter pilots.

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  3. British Aviation History: Rescue from Crashed Aircraft 1945 - 1987 (1987)

    Subject
    Aviation
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    A collection of training films featuring demonstrations of the correct way to rescue passengers and crew from crashed planes. The earliest film shows how to enter a crashed Lancaster bomber. Among other...

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  4. Winged Migration (2004)

    Subject
    Biology; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 86 minutes), £19.99

    Documentary about the migratory patterns of birds stunningly filmed over three years using no special effects. 17 pilots and 14 cinematographers used planes, remote-controlled gliders, helicopters and...

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  5. Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan, The (2006)

    Director
    Phil Grabsky
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 120 minutes), £19.99

    A portrait of everyday life in post-invasion Afghanistan, centered around an eight-year-old boy and his family who live in extreme poverty in caves among the ruins of the ‘Buddhas of Bamiyan’, one of the...

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  6. Chopper, The (1982 Video)

    Producer
    Patrick Uden
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the evolution of the helicopter over a period of nearly 50 years, using rare archive footage of early pioneering flights. Shows the first practical helicoptor, the German Focke Achgelis 61, first used...

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  7. Megastructures (3 Parts) (2010)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 188 minutes), £19.99

    This three-part series investigates the challenges in terms of design and technology involved in producing some of the greatest triumphs of modern engineering. Using live action, re-creations, archival...

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  8. Darfur: Between the Lines (2009)

    Director
    Jeremy Jeffs
    Producer
    Sally Thomas
    Subject
    Geography; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £12.99

    Reports from Al Fasher, once a sleepy desert town of 40,000 but today home to 100,000 refugees and 10,000 UN personnel. The film captures the desperation of daily life in Al Fasher’s sprawling Abu Shouk...

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  9. Volcanoes/Geohazards: Monitoring and Prediction (2013)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 38 minutes), £49.00

    This learning resource shows how volcanologists in Montserrat and Iceland are predicting the location, frequency and severity of future volcanic and seismic events. It gives details of the latest equipment...

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  10. Sermiligaag 65°54’n, 36°22’w (2008)

    Director
    Anni Seitz
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 64 minutes), £50.00

    The people of East Greenland inhabit a small string of coastal land at the edge of the biggest island of the world. Long winters have always shaped daily life here, a life that has gone within a few...

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