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  1. Glasgow Subway (1975 Film, Video)

    Producer
    John Macpherson
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents this distinctive transport system before its planned modernisation. Courses in the history of technology or history of transport.*

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  2. Etna Brickworks (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS col. 11 min., 2005sale: 15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Etna Brickworks in West Lothian was opened in 1880 and for over a century produced refractories and common building bricks using a method that remained largely unchanged. In addition to the 28-chamber kiln...

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  3. Different but Equal (1983 Video)

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

    For over four centuries the continent of Africa was ravished by the slave trade. Our response to Africa and its history has been distorted by this and confused by modern day racism. Basil Davidson begins the...

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  4. Early Textile Manufacturing Processes (1979 Video)

    Director
    Gordon Thomson
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17, 17, 5 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form...

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  5. Great Philosophers, The (15 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Jill Dawson
    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 x 45 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £450.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    An introduction to the history of Western philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the 20th century. Each programme features a contemporary philosopher who discusses influential thinkers and their ideas. 1:...

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  6. Great Ideas of Philosophy, Series (7 Programmes) (2006)

    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 48 minutes each), £39.95 each £219.95 set

    This series investigates core questions in philosophy, such as: Why is there something rather than nothing? What is right action? And what do we mean when we talk about the ‘mind’? Some of the world’s...

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  7. Examined Life, The (26 Parts) (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    out of distribution, 26 videocassettes. VHS. col. 26 x 30 min., 2001 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) each part 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) set

    The series addresses great questions philosophers have pursued down the ages, showing the diverse ways varous philsophers have approached each question. Aims to encourage the development of critical thinking...

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  8. Great Ideas of Philosophy Series II (6 Programmes) (2006)

    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes each), £39.95 each; £189.95 set

    Stimulating commentary by renowned philosophers whose lines of inquiry intersect the spheres of science, religion, politics, epistemology, and logic makes this 6-part series useful for the study of...

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