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  1. Loners (2001)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 10 minutes), £ 15 per item or £ 100 for the whole set (inclusive)

    One of a series of 13 short films about remarkable scientific discoveries by Nobel prizewinners and their colleagues. This programme looks at the work of three Nobel winners: Sweden’s Gustav Dalén makes...

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  2. Pandora’s Box. Part 4: Goodbye Mrs Ant (1992 Television)

    Producer
    Adam Curtis; Edward Mirzoeff
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 60 min.

    PANDORA’S BOX is an award-winning 6-part series on the impact of science and technology on everyday life in the twentieth century, and their reflection in changing media images of science and scientists....

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  3. Drosophila: Biology and Behaviour of Hawaiian Picture Wings (1991 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The biology and behaviour of Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, - the so-called ‘picture-wings’ - showing the life cycle and male-male and male-female interactions. Discusses a natural fungicide that is a...

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  4. Samples of Analysis (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    About chemical detectives - analysts with ingenious machines searching amongst the chemical fingerprints of samples provided by patients in a hospital and potential insecticides from an agrochemical research...

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  5. Pheromones (1989)

    Producer
    Ted Smith
    Subject
    Biology; Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    The overuse of insecticides damages the environment. One way of controlling insect pests is by the use of chemicals called sex pheromones. Males are attracted by specific pheromones appropriate to a...

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  6. Death from Natural Causes - The Story of Synthetic Pyrethroids (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Hendrik Boll
    Subject
    Agriculture; Chemistry
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Traces the development of a group of insecticides - the synthetic pyrethroids. Pyrethrum is a naturally occuring substance with insecticidal activity, although it is unstable in sunlight.In the 1940s,...

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  7. Knockdown and Kill (1974 Film, Video)

    Director
    Alastair MacEwen
    Producer
    Michael Cockburn
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows what insecticides are, why they are needed, how they are applied and how they enter the insect. Using animated diagrams, shows the process of nerve transmission and the mechanisms of death in the...

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  8. Insect War, The (1970 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION (BBC) REFERENCE ONLY (BUFVC), Videocassette. U-matic. b&w. 50 min.

    Examines the control of insect pests, the problems of blanket use of insecticides, and the various alternative methods of biological control by insect predators and other means.

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  9. Swirling Safeguard, The (1970 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the theory and practice of insecticidal fogging techniques in urban areas, particularly street fogging.

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  10. Safety in Storage (1964 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes various insect pests and the damage these can cause to stored foodstuffs. Shows the work of the Cooper Technical Bureau in developing and testing insecticides to prevent infestation of stored...

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