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  1. National story - RECLAMATION

    Date released
    Aug 1967
    Series name
    Mining Review 20th Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    346382
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: 100,000 acres of land in Britain is derelict. The Coal Board plays its part in reclaiming land for new productive uses. NCB Commentary - Temple Normanton in South Derbyshire is a mining...

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  2. Land Use in Brazil (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Hugh Phillips
    Subject
    Geography; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at the use of land in Brazil and discusses how attitudes to land use can vary between groups as widely different as the small peasant farms and the massive state owners of the north east of Brazil....

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  3. Heaven's Gate

    Date
    11 Nov 2013, 12:05
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    2013. GB. DVD / Blu-ray. Second Sight. 216 minutes (plus extras). Certificate 15. RRP £15.99 (DVD), £19.99 (Blu-ray). About the reviewer: Dr Miles Booy gained his doctorate in film studies from the...

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  4. Banking on Disaster (1987 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 90 min., 1998 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Documents the destruction of parts of the South American rainforest as the land is opened up by new roads and the forest is cleared to make way for coffee plantations and cattle ranches. As the settlers move...

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  5. LAND OF HIS FATHERS

    Date released
    Mar 1955
    Series name
    Mining Review 8th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    345863
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: A visit of President of Australian Federation of Mineworkers to South Wales NCB Commentary - Bedwas colliery welcomes home a son of Wales. Back in his native land after 35 years was the...

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  6. Pollution Solution, The (1976 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Considers the surveillance and monitoring capabilities of earth orbiting satellites using acid waste pollution as a case study. Discusses the use of LANDSAT for information in reclaiming land after...

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  7. FIELD OF COAL

    Date released
    May 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    345743
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: opencast mining near Stafford and restoring farm land after opencast mining. NCB Commentary - On April 1st the National Coal Board took over responsibility for all opencast coal winning in...

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  8. Planeat (2011)

    Director
    Shelley-Lee Davies
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology; Health Education
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), £71.99

    PLANEAT is the story of three men’s life-long search for a diet, which is good for our health, good for the environment and good for the future of the planet. With an additional cast of pioneering chefs...

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  9. SHOTFIRER

    Date released
    Apr 1958
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    345996
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: underground worker Charlie Swann, ace pigeon shooter, combines sport with useful service to local farmers by shooting unwanted pigeons NCB Commentary - Past Shireoaks Colliery, where he works,...

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  10. Setting Up Surveying Equipment (5 Parts) (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min. each approx

    Covers the setting up and checking of the most commonly used surveying equipment: dumpy levels, tilting levels, sutomatic levels, electronic laser levels.

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