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  1. India: Space for Education (1986 Video)

    Producer
    John Stratford
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    In 1983 India launched its own multifunctional satellite INSAT 1B to relay telephone, television, radio and data signals across the Indian sub-continent, as well as to collect meteorological data from its...

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  2. Caravans of Gold (1983 Video)

    Director
    Mike Csaky; Andrew Harries; John Percival; Christopher Ralling
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

    Illustrates and discusses some of Africa’s historic trading systems internal and external, with special reference to the traditional trans-Saharan caravan trade and to the maritime trading circulations of...

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  3. Aldabra Reprieved (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An effective piece of nature conservation propaganda which demonstrates the unique nature of the fauna of the coral island of Aldabra (in the Indian Ocean, north of Madagascar), which was at one time...

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  4. Coelacanth, The: A Living Fossil (2004)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    This is an archive copy of a live presentation and webcast by museum palaeontologist Peter Forey. In 1938, a strange fish was caught in the Indian Ocean. It was recognised as a living example of a family of...

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  5. Across the World with Mr. & Mrs. Martin Johnson (2012)

    Producer
    James Leo Meehan; Osa Johnson
    Subject
    Anthropology; Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 79 mins.), $14.95

    As if they were showing their film to a few friends in their home, Osa and Martin Johnson describe their trip across the world, which begins in the South Pacific islands of Hawaii, Samoa, Australia, the...

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  6. Topics in Earth Sciences 2 (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Seven activities designed as science learning resources: 1-3) Journey to the Centre of the Earth: three linked activities relating to seismic waves and the information they provide about the earth. One can...

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  7. Rough Science - Series 5: Zanzibar Science for the Shipwrecked (6 Parts) (2005)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 280 minutes), £15.00

    1) SHIPWRECKED - In the first of a new series of Rough Science the team are taken to the tropical island of Zanzibar to test their wits and ingenuity against the Indian Ocean. Frustration builds as the...

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  8. How to Find the Sweet Spot (2005)

    Subject
    Physics

    A "sweet spot" is that unique place on a bat or racquet where you can hit a ball without jarring yourself. It’s also the perfect tuning point of a musical instrument, the point of balance in a circus act,...

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  9. Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi (2014)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science; Media studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 179 minutes), £29.99 (inclusive)

    Two of the three films from the Qatsi trilogy. They are cinematic essays on the impact of technological progress on the earth and its peoples, set to scores by Philip Glass. The photographic effects,...

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  10. First World War, The

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 597 minutes), £49.99

    A 10-part series based on the book by Hew Strachan, Professor of the History of War at Oxford University. Conventional myths of the war as a European conflict are exploded and the human tragedy is placed...

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