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  1. Genesis (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min.

    The science of embryology, discussing research with both American and British scientists.

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  2. Dream Machine (5 Parts) (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Fiona Holmes; Robert Hone; Nancy Linde; Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 50 min., 1997 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series tracing the development of the computer.

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  3. Mathematical Mystery Tour, A (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A look at pure mathematics, featuring the Japanese mathematicians who broke their own world record calculating pi to 16 m decimal points, a $25,000 prize for the first person to prove that there is an...

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  4. Awakening the Frozen Addicts (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Young drug addicts in California started freezing like statues, but it led to a medical revolution giving hope to millions. Here two patients travel to Sweden for a daring operation to transplant foetal...

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  5. Great Unsung Women of Computers (2016)

    Producer
    Kathy Kleiman; Jon Palfreman; Kate McMahon
    Subject
    Technology; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 48 minutes), $350

    Three documentary films that look at the past, present and future of women in technology. THE COMPUTERS features the story of the ENIAC Programmers, six young women who programmed the world’s first modern,...

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  6. Siamese Twins (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the surgical attempt to separate the young Siamese twins Dao and Duan, who are 3-year-old Thai orphans. They share a pelvis and a third leg, their spines and lower colons are fused and each twin has...

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  7. Conquest of the Parasites, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the debilitating effects of parasitic diseases such as malaria, bilharzia and filarial diseases, which include elephantiasis and river blindnes, which are endemic in the developing world. Other...

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  8. Courage to Fail (1987 Video)

    Director
    Jon Palfreman
    Producer
    Fiona Holmes; Jon Palfreman
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 5 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+ VAT +p&p) each

    Series recording the development of surgical techniques from the pre-anaesthetic era to today’s open-heart surgery and organ transplantation.

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