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  1. Something Old, Something New (1985 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter Campbell
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The oil palm is grown as a plantation crop in West Africa, the Far East and tropical America. Examines three developments in oil palm technology which have made an important contribution to agricultural...

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  2. Shakespeare’s Mounted Foot (1979 Film)

    Director
    Bert Eeles
    Producer
    Douglas Eadie; Mick Campbell
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Fiction film loosely based on contemporary accounts of a barnstorming theatrical troupe travelling through the north of England and the Scottish borders. at the end of the 19th century,They are seen...

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  3. Castles of Clay (1978 Film)

    Producer
    Alan Rout
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    About the life cycle and ecology of the African termite. These tiny, blind creatures construct towering hills weighing tons, ingeniously control air flow and humidity to maintain a constant temperature, grow...

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  4. China: A Network of Communes (1977 Film)

    Producer
    Jens Bjerre
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows rural and urban collective life in China as it existed before reforms drastically changed the commune structure. Shows communal organisation in a textile factory, the handling of childcare, birth...

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  5. Development of the Axolotl (1977 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Studies the early stages of the development of the axolotl, an aquatic salamander with emphasis on genetically-determined characteristics. Two wild-type dark axolotls are mated, each is heterozygous for...

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  6. Forth and Clyde Canal, The (1977 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Illustrates the difficulties experienced in planning and cutting the Forth and Clyde Canal between 1768 and 1790. Discusses the canal today, dealing with the problems of preservation, restoration and use of...

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  7. China: Education for a New Society (1976 Film)

    Producer
    Jens Bjerre
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Education is portrayed in its varied context: all of China is seen as a school which transforms its pupils. Shots of Shao-Shan and Ch’ang-Sha, the locales of Mao’s youth, are used to demonstrate the...

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  8. Living Cell, The: An Introduction (1976 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Using photomicroscopy the film examines the structures and biochemical processes that occur in all living cells. Reviews the historical background leading to the discovery of the cell and an examination of...

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  9. Germany: The Road of Return (1974 Film)

    Director
    Ernest Kleinbert
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces the development of Germany from the end of World War II and looks at implications for the future.

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  10. Julius Caesar (Extracts 2) (1974 Film)

    Director
    Peter Seabourne
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Extracts from Act II ii (Caesar is flattered by Decius Brutus into going to the forum); Act IV iii (Cassius and Brutus quarrel in the ‘tent scene’ and news comes of Portia’s death).

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