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Adolescence: The Prolonged Transition (1992 Video)

Subject

Psychology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 30 min., 1997 sale: US$189.00 (+p&p)

Uses historical and cross-cultural comparisons to question whether the view of adolescence as a period of increased autonomy, identity development, and risk-taking is merely a social construction. Discusses...

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William Sexspeare’s ‘Much Ado About Puberty’ (1999 Film)

Director

Ken Boynton

Independent short. Shakespeare, as a boy, worries about the onset of puberty and consults his parents about the facts of life. The film’s dialogue is spoken in pseudo-Elizabethan blank verse and William is...

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Guide to Child Health: A programme by Dr Vernon Coleman - nd [1975-1986]

GUIDE TO CHILD HEALTH [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] A programme on Child Health presented on Radio Victory by DR VERNON COLEMAN. TRACK 1 In -Obviously the first thing ... Infant and child feeding. TRACK 2-...

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What do we tell the children? (1985)

A series of self contained features on modern sex education by Dilys Went, one of the country’s leading experts, based at the University of Warwick. Topics covered include children’s first questions,...

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Sex in the 1950s (1947)

Subject

Health Education; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 115 minutes), $14.99

This amazing collection of American sex education films deals with such issues as menstruation (Molly Grows Up), puberty (Physical Aspects of Puberty), acceptable displays of affection (How Much Affection?),...

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Breast Cancer (1994 Video)

Producer

Bob Thorpe

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The high incidence of breast cancer among women in the West appears to be related to lifestyle, diet, age of puberty, and the number and spacing of pregnancies. Hope for eradicating the disease may lie with...

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World of the Unborn (1990 Video)

Producer

Derek Bromhall

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 52 min.

Shows how each baby, unless it has an identical twin, inherits a unique genetic constitution from its parents. Explains the division of cells, DNA, and chromosomes. Shows how the reproductive organs develop...

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Chole Island: Circumcision (1978 Film)

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Male circumcision is the centre of a ritual which marks a stage in the male life cycle. Concerns an Islamic group in Tanzania and shows a part of the typical pattern of these rites - separation from the old,...

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Garden Days: Village in Papua New Guinea (1988 Video)

Director

Jon Jerstad; Ariane Lewis

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A record of Rauit village, Sepik Inland, Papua New Guinea, chiefly from the woman’s point of view. Opens with the final stages of a ritual called ‘malyi’ with a masked dancer performing and the...

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Fight to Be Male, The (1979 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

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

Looks at scientific work in the 1970s in the area of human sex determination. Notes that a single protein, the HY antigen, is solely responsible for building male organs, and if it is destroyed, the material...

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