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World of Stonehenge, The (2011)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £780.00

Making use of the latest scientific detective work and experimental archaeology, popular author and broadcaster Neil Oliver discovers how people emerged from the last Ice Age; how agriculture really came to...

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Most Mysterious Marriage, A (1999 Video)

aka: Mystery of the Marriage

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Art

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows art historian Craig Harbison on a quest to resolve the mystery surrounding Jan van Eyck’s painting ‘The Arnolfini Marriage’, commissioned in 1434 by a wealthy Renaissance merchant. A new...

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Riddle of the Dome, The (1999 Video)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Off-air recording Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows Florentine architect Massimo Ricci as he attempts to unravel the secret construction methods used by Filippo Brunelleschi in building the dome of Florence cathedral. He has built a house-sized...

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Winter Garden, The (1999 Video)

aka: Secret of the Winter Garden

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Art

Distribution

Off-air recording Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2001 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Follows art historian Claudia Swan to Krakow and Leiden on a quest to connect Renaissance art and science. The discovery of nearly 2000 Renaissance watercolours in a Polish library triggers a journey into...

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Design for an Alien World (1998 Video)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tracks some of the development from 1992 to 1997 of a space mission to be launched towards Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn, in October 1997. Follows two experiments being developed at the University...

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Jets and Black Holes (1998 Video)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie; Tony Jolly

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Looks at some attempts to explain the observed phenomena of cosmic jets emaning from stars and from galaxies. Considers some of the techniques used by astronomers to image the jets and speculates on their...

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Mapping the Milky Way (1998 Video)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tracks a hundred years of science in exploring the science and technology that has been used to study the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way. Shows optical studies, radio astronomy, infrared astronomy...

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Chemistry of Life and Death, The (1995 Video)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie; Andrew Law; Paul Manners; Nick Watson

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Aspects of life and death from a chemical perspective. What happens to our body chemistry when we have a heart attack? What role did oxygen play in the origins of life? How do the toxic by-products of oxygen...

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Design for an Alien World 1 (1993 Video)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Tracks some of the development through 1992 of a space mission that will be launched towards Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn, in 1997. Closely follows two experiments being developed at the University...

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Design for Manufacture (1993 Video)

Producer

Cameron Balbirnie

Subject

Design; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Support video for course T204, in four parts: 1) looks at International Automotive Design (IAD), the automotive consultancy that designed the Mini MPV, a concept car. Examines the design stage of the car; 2)...

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