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  1. Deepwater Disaster (2010)

    aka: Deepwater Disaster: The Untold Story

    Director
    Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    This programme reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves, a crisis that became America’s worst environmental disaster. Engineers and...

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  2. Health and Safety DVD Collection (2010)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £999.00

    A collection of ten health and safety films. 1. TAKING LIBERTIES: A FATAL ERROR. In 1989 a British Midland plane crashed into the embankment of the M1 near Kegworth in Leicestershire with the loss of 47...

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  3. Igf God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise (2010)

    Director
    Spike Lee
    Subject
    American Studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 240 minutes), £15.90

    Filmmaker Spike Lee returns to New Orleans, the scene of his post-Katrina documentary WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS (2006). On this occasion, he focuses mainly on the BP disaster, from the...

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  4. Amazon Crude (2009)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Law

    Scott Pelley reports on a multi-billion dollar lawsuit over oil drilling pollution. Chevron is America’s third largest company behind ExxonMobil and WalMart. One way it became that big was by buying Texaco...

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  5. Real Story, The: The Environmental Impact of the ‘Braer’ (1997 Video)

    Director
    Tom McInnes
    Producer
    Tom McInnes
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., 1999 sale:

    Describes the results of the monitoring work and the scientific investigations carriec out by the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, and others after the ‘Braer’ oil spill in Shetland.

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  6. Perfect Oil Spill, A (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Chitty
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The tanker ‘Sea Empress’ ran aground off Milford Haven in 1996, spilling 80,000 tonnes, but the expected disaster never happened. Scientists had been studying the area for over 50 years and had...

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  7. Return to Skomer (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Anne-Marie Gallen
    Subject
    Environmental science; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 min.

    Following the 1995 ‘Sea Empress’ oil spill, thousands of tonnes of oil flooded the coast of west Wales. One of the islands affected was Skomer, home to thousands of seabirds. Examines whether the annual...

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  8. Tides of War (1991 Video)

    aka: Tide of War

    Director
    Michael McKinnon
    Producer
    Michael McKinnon; Malcolm Penny
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 2000 sale: £12.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the ecological disaster in the Arabian Gulf resulting from the oil spills and burning oil wells of the conflict in the area that began in August 1990. Follows the progress of the oil slicks along...

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  9. Big Oil: In the Wake of the ‘Exxon Valdez’ (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Brock
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill in Alaska two years on and examines the repercussions of pollution, tanker safety and the apportioning of blame. Shows the power of the oil industry as well as the...

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