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  1. Epidemics, Pandemics and How to Control Them (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    Some infections come in repeated epidemic waves, others are new to human populations. A known human threat such as influenza may mutate or a new infection jumps the species barrier from animals to humans:...

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  2. Ratting in Rutland (2017)

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £15.00

    During February & March each year, gamekeepers have the task of removing hundreds of rats which have become established around their game covers. Andy Swallow, based at a shoot in Rutland, uses various types...

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  3. Extreme Weather: Coastal Flooding (2016)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00

    Through the use of two case studies: the Dawlish Railway Collapse and the East Coast Tidal Surge, this resource looks at the impacts of the 2013/2014 winter storms. The extreme weather conditions that led to...

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  4. Extreme Weather: The Somerset Levels (2016)

    aka: The Somerset Floods

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00

    In the winter of 2013/2014 the UK was hit by a succession of 13 low pressure systems causing extreme flooding on the Somerset Levels. This DVD looks at the human and physical causes of the floods and...

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  5. Don’t Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years (2015)

    Subject
    Development studies; Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £20

    Television documentary. In the week the United Nations presented its new goals for global development, the programme looks at the number one goal for the world: eradicating extreme poverty - the condition...

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  6. Why Planes Vanish (2014)

    Director
    Miles O’Brien; Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology

    Television documentary. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish? The programme tells the...

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  7. Garwin (2014)

    Director
    Richard Breyer; Anand Kamalakar
    Subject
    Physics; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 67 mins), $89

    GARWIN chronicles the life and work of physicist Dr. Richard Garwin, who served as an advisor to every president since Eisenhower. Given primary focus are his career in government research and advising. The...

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  8. Don’t Panic: The Truth About Population (2014)

    Producer
    Dan Hillman
    Subject
    Geography; Social sciences
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 mins), £20

    Documentary. Using state-of-the-art 3D graphics and the timing of a stand-up comedian, statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a portrait of our rapidly changing world. With seven billion people already...

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  9. Flooding in the UK: Tewkesbury (2013)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 37 minutes), £49.00

    This DVD explores the environmental and human cause of the Tewkesbury flood in 2007, looking at runoff, infiltration rates and the factors affecting storm hydrographs. First hand accounts from residents and...

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  10. Control Systems in Design Technology (2012)

    Subject
    Design; Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 19 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This film, aimed at design technology, engineering and computer studies students, introduces computer controlled systems, block diagrams and applications of computer controlled systems. Open and closed loop...

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