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  1. Ecstasy and Agony (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Jemima Harrison
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ex-professional stuntman Tim Lawrence, diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 34, who uses the illegal drug Ecstasy to relieve the symptoms and restore normal movement. The flooding of the...

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  2. Killer Algae (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Davidson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Story of how French marine biologist Alexandre Meinesz found the tropical algae ‘Caulerpa taxifolia’ in the Mediterranean off the coast of Monaco in 1989. The highly toxic plant spread wildly, killing...

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  3. Missing Link, The (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Matthew Barrett
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In 2000 in a Latvian museum, fossil hunter Per Ahlberg found a tiny fossilised jawbone, believed to be a remnant of an extinct animal which could provide the vital clue in solving one of evolutions’...

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  4. Mystery of the Miami Circle (2001 Video)

    aka: Miami Circle

    Producer
    Thecia Schreuders
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In 1998 a demolished Miami, Florida, apartment block revealed a mysterious and ancient circle of holes cut into the bedrock, nearly 13 metres in diameter. From the finds of bones, shell tools and basalt...

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  5. Snowball Earth (2001 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Durlacher
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the history and evolutionary implications of a controversial theory by which the earth was covered in ice up to a kilometre thick for millions of years. Attempts to prove and disprove it include...

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  6. Boy Who was Turned into a Girl, The (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Cohen
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the case of Bruce Reimer, one of a pair of twins born in 1965 in Winnipeg, Canada, who, after a bungled circumcision which removed his penis, became surgically and socially female. This reflected...

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  7. Extreme Dinosaurs (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Ruggi
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at new fossil discoveries in Patagonia in Argentina - the colossal herbivore argentinasaurus and nearby, the largest-ever carnivore, which lived at the same time and may have hunted in packs....

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  8. Is Gm Safe? (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Adrian Pennink
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    As early as 1974, some scientists were expressing grave concerns over research into genetic engineering. Now some of these same scientists believe that genetically modified foods are safe and a possible...

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  9. Mars (2 Parts) (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Suzanne Levy; Sam Roberts
    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 2001 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

    1 (producer Sam Roberts): Explores recent developments in the search for life on Mars. Recent images possible sedimentary rock formations there, suggesting that parts of Mars had once been covered by water,...

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  10. Mega-Tsunami: Wave of Destruction (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Mark Hedgecoe
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Investigates the extremely rare and destructive phenomenon of mega-tsunami, tidal waves measuring several hunderds of metres in height. The ideal conditions for producing these powerful waves, which have the...

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