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Arabian Nights

Director

Miguel Gomes

Subject

Film studies; Portuguese studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 377 minutes), £15.53

Using the framing device from the original Arabian Nights of the young Scheherazade telling tale after tale in order to keep her murderous husband from killing her, Miguel Gomes channels the current...

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Between Two Villages (2006)

aka: Entre Deux Villages Entre Duas Terras

Director

Muriel Jaquerod; Eduardo Saraiva Pereira

Subject

Anthropology; Development studies; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £50.00

The film tells the story of the village of Aldeia da Luz, population 330, which is due to disappear with the construction of the Alqueva dam in the south of Portugal. A new village is being built a few...

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Hidden Side of the Algarve, The (1993 Video)

Producer

Pip Surgey

Subject

Education; Sociology

Distribution

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

Looks at the promotion of rural redevelopment in the hinterland of the Algarve. Concentrates on a largely EC-funded RADIAL project in Portugal, in which a team of educationalists based at the University of...

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Transporting and Lifting Wind Turbines (2006)

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 55 minutes), £15.95

Filmed in Denmark, Portugal, Holland and Germany, the programme shows the difficulties of transporting, unloadiing, lifting and assembling two 110-metre-high wind turbines.

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Essential History of Europe (1992 Video)

Producer

John Triffit

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 30 min., 1996 sale: £240.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

12: Profiles Belgium, whose success lies in its iron and steel industry, geographical position and arms trade, and also its Eurocrats.

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A Velha (1992 Video)

aka: Old Lady, The

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 58 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows Maria do Carmo Gago, who at age 83 still lives alone in the Portuguese countryside. After a lifetime of adapting to change, she is used to making her own choices, preferring the earthy contact of her...

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Paula Rego (1992 Video)

Director

Melissa Raimes

Producer

Melissa Raimes

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes), £14.95

Born in Portugal, Paula Rego (b.1935) has achieved celebrity as a painter in Britain. Here, she discusses her work with the childlike enthusiasm and poetic eloquence that characterise her paintings, and...

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Ergot: The Story of a Parasitic Fungus (1958 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min.

A review of the history and natural history of ergot. Contrasts the poisonous and medicinal properties of the fungus. Shows the life cyle in detail (the first time this has been done), and describes the...

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Lapedo Child, The (2002)

Subject

Archaeology; Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL, 50 minutes), £34.99

The accepted theory regarding the emergence of humans is that Neanderthals were superseded by Cro-Magnons, eventually vanishing altogether around 28,000 years ago. However, a recent discovery in the Lapedo...

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Portuguese Voyages of Discovery, The (1992 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

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

Reflects on the momentous voyages of Portuguese navigators in the 15th century. Uses a full-scale replica of a caravel of the period to re-create the conditions of those voyages and shows how sailors used...

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