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  1. Deep Diving with the Russians (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Follows an Anglo-Russian scientific expedition to the bottom of the Atlantic to investigate hydrothermal vents, or ‘black smokers’, in the mid-Atlantic ridge.

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  2. Designer Wines (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Haws; Hugh McDaid
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) (BBC)

    Looks at science has transformed the art of winemaking in Australia and the USA into a highly mechanised and scientifically based multi-million dollar industry. Asks whether the European wine industry will...

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  3. Dambusters (1994 Video)

    aka: Dambusters’ Raid, The

    Director
    Alex Beetham
    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Uses archive footage and interviews with bomber crews to examining the attacks using the bouncing bomb invented by Sir Barnes Wallis on the Ruhr Valley in May 1943. Suggests that details of the bomb fell...

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  4. Dismantling the Bomb (1994 Video)

    Director
    Richard Melman
    Producer
    Richard Melman
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA

    Examines the process involved in dismantling bombs. It is easy to dismantle bomb cases, but the plutonium pits cannot be simply destroyed. Shows PANTEX in Texas where bombs are dismantled and plutonium pits...

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  5. Journey to the Centres of the Brain (5 Parts) (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Melman; William Woollard
    Subject
    Medical sciences; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 60 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) series

    The 165th Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series, in which Dr Susan Greenfield examines the workings of the brain. 1: How what we do, think, feel and experience is related to electrical signals...

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  6. Bridging the Future (1993 Video)

    Director
    Chris Haws
    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An analysis of the triumphs and disasters of civil engineering in relation to bridge building. Those involved in their construction have to struggle to balance the requirements of safety with the desire to...

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  7. City Under Siege, A (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Melman; William Woollard
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Filmed over six months, shows how the the people and the City of London reacted to the IRA bomb that exploded on 24 April 1993 and discusses the precautions to prevent further terrorist activity in the City.

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  8. Codebreakers, The (1993 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the work of World War 2 codebreakers, who worked behind the scenes and eventually managed to capture the enemy’s most secret signals. This programme covers the war in the Pacific and the winning...

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  9. Cold Spring, Morning Sun (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An insight into China during the years of revolution and reconstruction. Examines the work of the ‘quiet Americans’ Joan Hinton and Sid Engst, over a period of 40 years in China.

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  10. Cosmic Onion, The (4 Parts) (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Richard Melman; William Woollard
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 60 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive) series

    The 164th Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series, in which Professor Frank Close provides a beginner’s guide to particle physics.

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