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Future on Display, The (1990 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Examines technical choices for the makers of future tv systems working on wide screens (HDTV or high-definition television). The major materials issue is the production of satisfactory silicon layers on the...

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It at Work: ‘For Your Information’ (1994 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

Developments in information technology have greatly changed the way most of us work, and there is more in store. This video visits two of the world’s leading computer companies, Intel and Microsoft, whose...

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Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1992)

aka: Arnold Glassman: Visions of Light

Director

Arnold Glassman

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 91 minutes), £19.99

A study in cinematography, the video features interviews with 29 lighting cameramen and directors who acknowledge and illustrate their influences, their mentors, and their inspirations with over 100 film...

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Iec Videoforum Series (1993 Video)

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 40, 42, 53, 55, 90 min., 1995 sale: US$200.00 (+p&p) (set)

Part 1 (40 min): Looks towards the 21st century when new technologies will change everything from newspapers to home entertainment. Part 2 (42 min): A video montage of educational applications of today’s...

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Sharks (3 Parts) (2010)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 156 minutes), £19.99

A 3-part series giving an unprecedented look at a species that has thrived in our oceans for over 350 million years. Underwater filming shows the films at close range and high-definition animations, computer...

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Tick, Tick, Tick Pulsating Star: How we Wonder What You Are (1996 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

The discovery of pulsars - neutron stars which form when massive stars explode (supernovae) - took astronomers by surprise. Jocelyn Bell Burnell of the Open University describes their discovery and the way...

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High Hopes (2007)

Director

Mike Leigh

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 116 minutes), £14.99

A disparate cast of characters swim in and out of each others lives against a background of London and its suburbs, seamlessly orchestrated by director Mike Leigh. DVD extras: Original Theatrical Film (108...

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River, The (2006)

Director

Jean Renoir

Subject

Film Studies; Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 99 minutes), £19.99

Jean Renoir’s first colour feature - shot entirely on location in India - is an adaptation of Rumer Godden’s autobiographical coming-of-age tale of an adolescent girl living with her English family on...

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Tap on the Shoulder, A (1965)

Director

Ken Loach

Producer

James MacTaggart

Subject

Television studies

Distribution

Out of distribution

The first television play directed by Ken Loach, this story of bullion heist carried out by a gang of criminals with a high-society connection is a fascinating, anti-establishment hint at his future career....

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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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