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Cell Division in the Cartilage Plate (1976 Film)

Director

David R Clark

Producer

David R Clark

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A brief introduction to the process of growth in long bones prefaces four computer-animation sequences that simulate cell division and maturation in the cartilage columns of the growth plate. Three cell...

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Echinoderm Development. Part 2: Gastrulation (1972 Film)

Director

Richard A Cloney

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows gastrulation from the initial invagination to completion in the embryo of the sand dollar ‘Dendraster excentricus’. First shows the free swimming blastula. Primary mesenchyme cells dissociate from...

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Behaviour of ‘Heterodera’ Species Through the Life Cycle (1968 Video)

Director

Chris C Doncaster

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale (video - BUFVC), Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 30 min., 1996 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A field crop of potatoes stunted by attack from ‘Heterodera rostochiensis’ (now Globodera) exemplified the economic importance of this group of nematode pests. By means of high-power cinemicrography,...

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Stem Nematode, The: A Pest in Agriculture (1979 Film, Video)

Director

Chris C Doncaster

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The stem nematode ‘Ditylenchus dipsaci’ causes serious yield losses in temperate regions. Being resistant to drought it is often distributed on seed. Control with chemicals is expensive, but the use of...

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Galapagos (2006)

aka: Galapagos: The Islands That Changed the World

Director

Paul D Stewart

Producer

Patrick Morris

Subject

Biology; Geography; Geology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £19.99

A 3-part BBC documentary series, with breathtaking cinematography and state-of-the-art visual effects. The Galapagos archipelago is made up of thirteen main islands and more than sixty other islets, rocks...

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History of Microscopy, The (4 Parts) (1980 Video)

Director

Nicholas Salmon

Producer

Nicholas Salmon

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 61, 60, 55, 60 min., 1999 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p) (part 2)

1: W Gilbert Hartley in conversation with Philip C Robinson: a survey of light microscopy. 2: An illustrated lecture with slides and demonstrations by Gerard Turner of the Royal Microscopical Society. 3: P C...

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Jimmy Doherty in Darwin’s Garden (2009)

Subject

Biology; Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £18.00

In this BBC2 series, farmer and entomologist Jimmy Doherty attempts to recreate the experiments which helped Charles Darwin develop his theory of evolution. Part one, DANGEROUS IDEAS, looks at how Darwin...

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Trials of Life, The (12 Parts) (1990)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 600 minutes), £29.99

In this 12-part series first broadcast in 1990 Sir David Attenborough continues his study of animal behaviour in the third instalment of his award-winning Life series. Beginning with the ways in which...

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