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  1. Water for the Twenty First Century (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min.

    Follows the sampling and analysis procedures carried out by Thames Water Utilities to ensure the quality of the water supply.

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  2. London Water Ring Main: Below the Surface (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 44 min., Free loan

    Shows the London Water Ring Main, a system of gravity-fed tunnels constructed deep under London for bringing drinking water from Thames Valley treatment works into the capital. Pumping stations located at...

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  3. Advancing Water Quality (1991 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 9 min.

    Explains Advanced Water Treatment, an initiative that includes the use of granular activated carbon, ozone, and various other materials and techniques to improve the taste and odour of drinking water and...

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  4. Cycle of Life (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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  5. Thames Barrier, The (1983 Video)

    Director
    Michael Bennett
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    Opens with pictures of the devastation caused when the Thames flooded in 1953 killing over 300 people. Explains why the Thames is susceptible to flooding and how the barrier will prevent this. The design of...

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  6. Technology and the Victorian City (1985 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Dr Denis Smith, Chairman of the Greater London Archaeology Department, describes how new technology was used to tackle some of London’s main social problems such as providing clean drinking water, hygenic...

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  7. David Blaine - Above the Below (2003)

    Subject
    Art; Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £19.99

    Magician and performance artist David Blaine undertakes his most intense physical challenge yet when he attempts to endure 44 days of solitary confinement in a glass box suspended above the River Thames....

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  8. Virtual Reality: Current Business Applications (1996 Video)

    Director
    Oliver Johnson
    Producer
    Tim Johnson
    Subject
    Business studies; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1997 sale: £60.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    Shows commercial applications of virtual reality, with examples from companies involved in engineering, marketing, software and training: Volkswagen - virtual prototypes shorten its design cycle; Thames...

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  9. Making and Meaning: Turner: ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

    Examines the significance of Turner’s painting of a ship being towed to a place for breaking-up. Uses location footage on the Thames and engravings of the period to show how Turner transformed an everyday...

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  10. Earth in Crisis DVD 1

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £34.99

    The aim of this DVD is to build understanding of how debates on climate change play out in two very different countries, namely Bangladesh, a low lying country that is heavily afflicted by poverty, and one...

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