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Plastic Whale, A (2017)

aka: A Plastic Whale: The Documentary

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Film

This Sky News documentary shows the devastating effects of plastic on ocean life by following the case of a post-mortem examination of a Cuvier’s beaked whale. The procedure confirmed that its intestines...

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From Head to Toe - From Cradle to Grave: Plastic Surgery and the Medical Student (1993)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 12 minutes), £28.00

Argues the case for all medical students to study plastic surgery as a core part of their medical education. Observes a group of medical students during their attachment to a plastic surgery department.

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Windows (1997)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 26 minutes), £65.00

Traces the development of windows over the last 500 years. It shows how, and why, styles have changed and explains how both timber and PVC windows are manufactured. Most windows in the UK are still made from...

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Story of Bottled Water, The (2010)

Subject

Environmental science

A 7-minute animated film, hosted by Annie Leonard, telling the story of manufactured demand for bottled water and, specifically, how Americans are persuaded to buy more than half a billion bottles of water...

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Acceptable Levels (1984)

Director

John Davies

Subject

Film studies; Media studies

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to the family, has been hit by a stray plastic bullet fired by a...

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World War II: The Nuremberg Trials (2009)

Director

S. Svilov

Producer

Roman Karmen; Yelizaveta Svilova

Subject

History; Law

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £15.50

The Nuremberg trials began in 1945 and the film cameras of the victorious Allies were there to record the proceedings. The first documentary film to emerge was the Soviet film account which appeared as soon...

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Nation’s Health, The (2005)

Subject

History; Medical sciences; Social Studies

A six part series in which Jonathan Miller examines the development of the nation’s health since the end of the Second World War. Since the war the nation’s health has improved dramatically but the...

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