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  1. Sea Birds of Galapagos and Peru (1967 Film, Video)

    Producer
    J B Nelson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Four species of the family ‘Sulidae’ showing site establishment, aggression, courtship and feeding of young. Parallel sequences of the activities of other Galapagos seabirds, including the waved...

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  2. Majes Project, The (1976 Film)

    Director
    Patrick Ashton
    Producer
    John Wiles
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the importance of water to the people of Peru and how the lack of it is being overcome through the construction of an extensive irrigation scheme, which diverts rivers through tunnels and canals to...

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  3. Shaman and His Apprentice, The (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Howard Reid
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The most powerful man in the Yaminahua of Peru is the shama, a visionary healer. Looks at how the shaman Jose is adapting tradiitional magic to the modern world. Also shows his attempts to introduce his...

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  4. Angel is Missing (1990 Video)

    aka: Peru: Angel is Missing

    Director
    Nick Gray
    Producer
    Nick Gray
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) IBT

    With the restoration of democracy in Peru in 1980, a civil war raged between the military and the ‘Sendera Luminoso’ (Shining Path) guerrillas. Up to 15,000 Peruvians were killed and 10,000 kidnapped and...

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  5. Between Memories (2015)

    Director
    Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
    Subject
    Anthropology; History
    Distribution
    Sale Hire, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 34 minutes), £15.00

    Eudosia is still searching for her husband’s remains in the highlands of Ayacucho; Lucero has been in prison for 25 years now for the crime of terrorism against the Peruvian state; since 2009 the commandos...

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  6. Valley of the Inca (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the Cusichaca research project, lead by Dr Ann Kendall, which is investigating the possibility of re-establishing original Inca farm terraces and irrigation canals in Peru in the high Andes after...

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  7. Utopia Limited. Tape 2 (1983 Video)

    Director
    Nigel Maslin
    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 150 min.

    Programmes 6-10 of a series examining world system rooted in the unequal distribution of wealth and power and shows how the issues affect people in the UK. 1: Briaking out of the cycle of food shortages and...

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  8. Secrets of Lost Empires (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Barnes; Robin Brightwell; Cynthia Page
    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £200.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    A series in which modern engineers are challenged to reproduce some of the great monuments of ancient civilisations, using historical research and engineering techniques. 1 (producer Cynthia Page): A team of...

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  9. Girl Rising (2014)

    Director
    Richard Robbins
    Subject
    Development studies; Education; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 103 minutes), £13.99

    This film follows nine girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education. the girls face arranged marriages, child slavery and other...

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  10. Ghosts of Machu Picchu (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    Perched atop a mountain crest, mysteriously abandoned more than four centuries ago, Machu Picchu is the most famous archeological ruin in the Western hemisphere and an iconic symbol of the power and...

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