British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
91-100 of 106 results | Page 10 of 11
« First
7891011Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. Biology of Spiders. No. 11: Courtship and Mating: ‘Pisaura Mirabilis’; Capture of Prey: ‘Dolomedes Fimbriatus’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The male ‘Pisaura’ courts by catching and wrapping a prey and then seeking a mature female. Having found one, he poses before her holding his offering. If the female is prepared to mate she seizes the...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  2. Pick of the Crop (13 Parts) (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 54, 48, 55, 55, 55, 52, 58, 56, 56, 58, 57, 55, 58 min., £25.00 +VAT; series £200.00 +VAT

    Documentaries and studio discussions on European agriculture addressing the crucial debate about the future of farming practice and agricultural science in Europe. The series examines the purposes,...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  3. Microcosmos (1996 Video)

    aka: Microcosmos: Le Peuple en Herbe

    Director
    Claude Nuridsany; Marie Pérennou
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £15.99

    Uses cinemicrography, flying cameras and time-lapse cinematography to present a insect’s-eye view of the wildlife found in a meadow in southern France in summertime. Shows a bee gathering pollen; a...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  4. God’s Acre: Nature Conservation in the Churchyard (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1993 sale: £10.95 (inc.VAT +p&p)

    In the past churchyards were used for all sorts of activities apart from burials, In this century practical management issues have led to the creation of close mown green lawns. Only in the last 20 years has...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  5. Besieged Fortress, The (2011)

    aka: Citadelle Assiégée, La

    Director
    François Calderon; Thierry Commissionat; Benoît Tschieret
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 81 minutes)

    A look at a colony of termites as it battles for survival against a flood and an invading ant army. Director Philippe Calderon uses macrophotography to find out what happens to a swarming colony of termites...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  6. Crop Pests (1984 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Provides examples of crop pests that are representative of the main animal groups. 30 slides are devoted to ‘Insecta’. The remaining slides cover ‘Mollusca’, ‘Mammalia’, ‘Aves’,...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  7. Pheromones (1989)

    Producer
    Ted Smith
    Subject
    Biology; Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    The overuse of insecticides damages the environment. One way of controlling insect pests is by the use of chemicals called sex pheromones. Males are attracted by specific pheromones appropriate to a...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  8. The Silk Moth - the story of an insect that lives and dies for the Ladies.

    Date released
    11 Sep 1930
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    484
    NoS ID
    332524
    Story no
    2 / 6

    NoS Summary - The beginning of silk stockings is investigated - silk moths. NoS synopsis: "It’s a far cry from the sheen of silk stockings." Extreme C/U of a woman’s ankles. Camera tilts up to show her...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  9. Dancing for Their Supper: Foraging Ecology and the Dance Language of the Honey Bee (1997)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 37 minutes), £18.00

    Shows in detail the dance language of honey bees, the language by which they pass on information to other hive members about the location, distance and direction of nectar or pollen-rich flower patches....

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Online Online

  10. Life of Mammals, Part 1 (2002)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (300 minutes), £19.99 (inclusive)

    The first 5 parts of the series by David Attenborough.

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
91-100 of 106 results | Page 10 of 11
« First
7891011Next ›
Last »
Sort results by
77 Wells Street
London, W1T 3QJ
Tel. 020 7393 1500
E-mail: ask@bufvc.ac.uk
Twitter: @LearnonScreen