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  1. Secret Science: Chemical and Biological Weapons (2016)

    Director
    Tim Usborne
    Subject
    Biology; Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Documentary film about Porton Down, the British military and scientific base that specialises in chemical and biological warfare and the fight against global terrorism. The top-secret British military unit...

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  2. Voyages of Construction (2010)

    Producer
    Steve Crabtree
    Subject
    Business studies; Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Series of three programmes which xamines three extraordinary engineering projects that are all very different but have two things in common: incredibly complex technology; people with highly specialised...

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  3. Contempt of Conscience (2008)

    Director
    Joe Jenkins
    Subject
    Philosophy; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £25.00

    At the beginning of the 20th century 80% of war casualties were combatants. At the beginning of the 21st century 80% of war casualties were civilians. Today, civilians pay for war like never before. As the...

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  4. James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

    aka: James May’s 20th Century

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

    Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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  5. State of Alert (2000 Video)

    Director
    Roger Thomas
    Producer
    Roger Thomas
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    DVD

    Desmond Hamill reviews the British Royal Navy in the post-Cold War world. Features the Royal Navy fleet as well as NATO weapons from satellite trained naval guns to Cruise and Trident missiles. Includes...

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  6. Weapons of War (2000)

    Subject
    History; Military Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 x 20 minutes), £35.00

    A 4-part series looking at the history and evolution of the weapons and machines that shaped the last century. Video running time approximately 80 minutes.

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  7. Monitoring the Peace (1998 Video)

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

    Looks at the work of arms control inspectors and some of the methods and technology they use. Notes that it is now almost impossible for a nuclear test to go undetected and chemical and biological weapons...

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  8. Sirus Project, The: Towards a Determination of Which Weapons Cause ‘Superfluous Injury or Unnecessary Suffering’ (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Law; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 min., 2000 sale: Sfr20.00 (+p&p)

    The SirUS Project relates to the part of international humanitarian law that governs the means and methods of warfare. The project proposes that the well-documented effects of legitimate and conventional...

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  9. Wings, Series (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Dual platform PC Windows/Apple Macintosh., 1996 sale: £39.95 (inclusive) (each)

    A database of fighting machines, with technical and service data on over 500 planes and 200 weapons systems, accompanied by video and still images, together with simulations and animated reconstructions of...

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  10. Weapons: A Battle for Humanity (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: Sfr30.00 (+p&p)

    Shows the suffering that has been caused by specific types of weapons, what has been done in the past to ban such weapons as dum-dum bullets and poison gas, and what must still be done through international...

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