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Newton’s Optics (2011)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

This Learning Object consists of a three vodcasts by Jim Bennett, Director of the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, on the Newtonian telescope - why Newton designed it, and how it fits into the story...

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Higgs Boson (2010)

Subject

Physics

In 1964 Peter Higgs had a big idea about the mystery of how matter in the universe got its mass. This question has such an important place in physics that well over one billion pounds is being spent in the...

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Black Joy (1977)

Director

Anthony Simmons

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (95 minutes), £15.99

Based on Jamal Ali’s stage play Dark Days and Light Nights, this film, which was nominated for the Golden Palm award at Cannes in 1977, tells the story of a naïve Guyanese immigrant who learns the hard...

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Cafeteria Man (2012)

Subject

Catering; Health Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 65 minutes), $250.00

It is estimated that 32 million school children consume up to 50% of their calories at school, contributing to the obesity epidemic among young people. This film takes a look at Tony Geraci’s sweeping,...

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Fitzcarraldo (1983)

Director

Werner Herzog

Subject

Anthropology; Film Studies; Geography; History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 157 minutes), £19.99

With Fitzcarraldo, one of his most renowned films, acclaimed German director Werner Herzog emulates Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ in this mammoth epic set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest....

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On Stage (2015)

Subject

Drama

Eleven part series about regional theatre in the UK=, including: Bristol, Coventry, Exeter, Frinton-on-Sea, Leicester Liverpool, Margate, Portsmouth and York.

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Good Copy Bad Copy (2007)

Director

Andreas Johnsen; Ralf Christensen; Henrik Moltke

Subject

Film studies; Law; Media studies; Music

A documentary discussing the current state of copyright, piracy and free culture in the context of the internet. It features interviews with many people with various perspectives on copyright, including...

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Hidden Wars in the Middle East (2003)

aka: Hidden Wars of Desert Storm

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99 (sale) £7.00 + £20 deposit hire (OPC)

A documentary offering insights about the history of Western involvement in the Middle-East, about the situation that led to the Gulf war after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, about the hidden US...

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Century of the City Box Set (2011)

Director

Marije Meerman; Bregtje van der Haak; Rob Schröder

Subject

Architecture; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 205 minutes), 25.95 euros

The four DVDs in this box set are part of the cross-media festival Centuries of the City that the VPRO held in association with the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in September/October 2009 on...

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Why Democracy? (Short Films) (2007)

Subject

Development studies; Philosophy; Politics & government

Distribution

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In October 2007, ten one-hour films focusing on contemporary democracy were broadcast in the world’s largest ever factual media event. Running alongside the 10 documentaries, and integral to the outreach...

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