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Lost Worlds (1998 Video)

Subject

Biology; Geology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tells how our views on the prehistoric world and species extinction have been dramatically changed by the emerging disciplines of palaeontology and geology. Examines famous extinctions from the past and...

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Crystal Palace - Then and Now

Date released

21 May 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1720

NoS ID

024635

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Then and Now. DESCRIPTION: Desolate terraces and balustrades are all that remain of the Crystal Palace, that Victorian landmark, designed for the 1851 Exhibition by Sir Joseph Paxton....

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Flint: The Story of Grimes Graves (1988 Video)

Director

Michael Weigall

Producer

Philip Sugg

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min.

Looks at the specific archaeological features of pre-historic flint mines and describes the industry which the mine supported. Flint knapping is shown with the aid of a modern flint knapper who demonstrates...

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Sutton Hoo: The Last of the Pagans (1987 Video)

Producer

Ray Sutcliffe

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the mystery of the origins of the rich royal burial found in Suffolk in 1939, asking who the people were who created this wealth, where the royal palace was located and where its supporting...

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Road, The (1980)

Director

Peter Mills

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 26 min.

Traces the history of the evolution of the English road since its prehistoric beginnings - from the time when the Ridgeway Path was the trunk route between the Bristol and English Channels; through the Roman...

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Digging for Britain (2011)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £19.99

A four-part television series in which Dr Alice Roberts follows an entire year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations around the country. Each programme deals with sites...

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Temples of Malta, The (1970 Film)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

From 3000-2000 B.C. the peoples of the small islands of Malta and Gozo in the central Mediterranean built some remarkable megalithic temples of unique design. These little-known temples, together with...

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Body out of the Bog, The (1986 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An update to the 1984 programme THE BODY IN THE BOG, telling of the 2500-year-old body known as the Lindow man found naked, garrotted and dumped in a Cheshire bog. Looks at other ‘bog bodies’ found in...

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Last Mammoth, The (1994 Video)

Producer

Kate O’Sullivan

Subject

Geology

Distribution

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

Follows scientists’ quest for mammoth fossils in order to establish the reasons why the animal, an ancient relative of the elephant, finally became extinct. Fossil finds in the Siberian Arctic indicate...

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Identification of Animal Bone from Archaeological Sites (1995 Multimedia)

aka: Animal Bone Identification

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

CD-ROM

Teaches the principles of identification of the common prehistoric farmyard animals (cow, sheep, horse, pig, dog) and deer (red and roe), with speciallly commissioned illustrations. Approximately 10 hours of...

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