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  1. To Boldly Go (2 Parts) (2012)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes each), £195.00 each part or £390.00 series

    This two-part series traces the extraordinary journey that took humans from the depths of the ocean to the edge of space - and beyond. We think of ourselves as a global species, but in fact we can only...

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  2. Into Thin Air (2005)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Sports science

    This programme looks at the physical and mental effects that high altitude has on the body of climbers. Tim Malyon investigates the psychological drive, the physiological consequences and the payoffs of...

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  3. Science and the Swastika (2004)

    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 9200 minutes), £16.99

    Series looking at how the Third Reich adapted the tenets of science to its own ends. Narrated by Sebastian Faulks. 07/04: The Good German:

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  4. Breathing Deeply (1993)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    On a rain-swept Welsh mountainside members of the 1994 British Mount Everest Medical Expedition test their physiological monitoring equipment. Having retreated to the dry, the doctors describe the...

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  5. Man at High Altitude (1977 Film)

    Director
    D A Heath
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows how a man acclimatizes and how many animal species adapt to high altitude. Looks at the body build of the Quechua Indians and at their biologically successful life in the Andes, contrasted with the...

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