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  1. Collection, Maintenance and Behaviour of Ants, The (1995 Video)

    Director
    Elizabeth Evesham
    Producer
    Elizabeth Evesham
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2000 sale: £5.00 (inclusive)

    Amateur footage in which Dr Elizabeth Evesham explains how to collect ants in the field, and demonstrates how to build a nest for ants that would be suitable for home or school, using simple and readily...

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  2. Major Disasters (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Geology; History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 58 min.

    Footage from British Movietone newsreels. Shows man-made disasters featuring plane, train, boat and helicopter crashes, ships sinking and bridges collapsing. Natural disasters covered include floods,...

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  3. Evolution on Hawaii (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Introduces the geological history of Hawaii and shows how the volcanic environment and climate have produced many different kinds of habitat. Illustrates how species got to the islands and how they became...

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  4. Rival World, The (1955)

    Director
    Bert Haanstra
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Shows some 30 insects and their beneficial or harmful effects. Emphasises the desert locust and its organised scientific control. The film is valuable for its exceptionally good visual material which shows...

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  5. Topics in Biology and Geology (1998 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Seven activities designed as science learning resources: 1) Holly Leaf Miner: explores the biology of this insect and its predators, showing how to undertake a biological project to quantify mortality...

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  6. Tsetse Fly Control (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

    One method of reducing the menace of trypanosomiasis to man and animals in Africa is to control the tsetse fly vector. The spraying of insecticide from aircraft or by teams on the ground is effective but...

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  7. Ontogenetic Analysis of Care Behaviour of Ant Egg Nests (1974 Film)

    Producer
    P Jaisson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the development of pupal cocoon recognition in the brood-nursing behaviour of ants ('Formica spp.). Shows experimental procedures that purport to demonstrate that 1) recognition is not innate but...

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  8. Assault on the Sepik (1974 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19 min.

    All species of pine trees are susceptible to attack by the wood wasp, ‘Sirex noctillio’. When Sirex was first discovered on the Australian mainland in 1961, the softwood plantations of Southern Australia...

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  9. Secrets of Nature Pioneering Natural History Films, 1922 - 1933 (2010)

    Director
    Percy Smith; Mary Field
    Subject
    Biology; Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £19.99

    A digitally remastered collection of 19 British films made between 1922 and 1933 that used groundbreaking techniques to share the secrets of the natural world with cinema audiences. The pioneering series...

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  10. Alien Empire (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Bassett; Steve Nicholls
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 172 min.

    Six programmes looking at the world of insects, using computer animation and state-of-the art technology to examine insects’ structure, society and communications systems. In six parts: 1) Hardware:...

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