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Communism and Football (2010)

Director

Sean Hughes

Producer

Sean Hughes

Subject

History; Politics & government; Sports science

Distribution

out of distribution

Footballers from Russia, Hungary and East Germany recall how the Beautiful Game was manipulated for political ends during the Cold War. Despite the high stakes, many courageous footballers resisted attempts...

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Life After Oil (2006)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.00

Recordings of three talks given as part of a course at Schumacher College on the future of energy. David Fleming spoke about re-localisation and the end of oil; Michael Meacher discussed political issues...

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Bernal and the Social Function of Science (1996 Video)

aka: Social Function of Science, The

Director

Peter Howell

Subject

Biology; Chemistry

Distribution

Sale

Chris Freeman, the founder and first director of the Science Policy Research Unit, introduces John Bernal, the father of the protein crystallography techniques that enabled the double helix structure of DNA...

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Traditions and the Environment, The (1991 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The word ‘environment’ made a dramatic entry into the political vocabulary in the early 1980s. This programme examines how traditional ways of thinking about social problems have been used to provide a...

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Swedish Science in the Eighteenth Century (1992 Video)

Producer

Betty Talks

Subject

History

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at why Sweden became a great scientific nation in the 18th century. She had lost her status as a great political power, and hopes were placed in science to rebuild her economy. Important to this was...

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Second World War, Series (21 Volumes) (2005)

Subject

History; Military Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 120 minutes each vol), £9.99 each vol

Robert Hardy presents a condensed chronology of WWII. The first two volumes deal with the events leading up to WWII and the political background. The later volumes concentrate mainly on the major campaigns...

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Waste Management (1995 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min.

With the aim of linking issues in science, technology, society and the environment, looks at problems of waste disposal. Landfill has been a preferred option, but interviews with experts and citizens...

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Superconductivity (1995 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 39 min.

With the aim of linking issues in science, technology, society and the environment, looks at the possible political and economic repercussions of the discovery of superconductivity using ceramics at...

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Not Just a Game: Power, Politics & American Sports (2010)

Subject

Politics & government; Social Studies; Sports science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $250.00

A powerful new documentary based on the book by Dave Zirin, The People’s History of Sports, in which he argues that far from providing merely escapist entertainment, American sports have long been at the...

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H.G. Wells: The Spoken Word (2006)

Subject

Broadcasting; History; Literature; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 73 minutes), £10.00

This CD makes available for the first time all the surviving BBC radio broadcasts of H.G. Wells. The earliest dates from 1931, by which time Wells was already in his sixties and a renowned public figure,...

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