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  1. How to Use the Polar Planimeter (1971 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 min.

    Show the use of the polar planimeter, a small mechanical device for the measurement of area.

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  2. Map Reading ‘Contours and the Ground’ (1971 Film)

    Director
    Glyn Jones
    Producer
    Clifford Parris
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Using maps and models interrelated to filmed views of the terrain from the air and ground, the film encourages the formation of a mental picture of the physical features of the ground by understanding and...

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  3. Rivers at Work (1971 Video)

    Director
    W John Allen; Michael J Clark
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

    Introduces the nature and operation of river channel processes, and discusses the interaction between channel processes and form.

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  4. Sea Water and the Floor (1970 Film)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Composition of sea water, variations in temperature of sea water, substances dissolved in sea water, sediments that cover the sea floor and topography of the sea floor.

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  5. Europe from Space (197 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, 20 slides. col.

    A selection of the LANDSAT imagery of Europe obtained between 1972 and 1977 (excluding the British Isles and the USSR). The scale and resolution of the imagery emphasises the spatial continuity of the...

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  6. Against the Sea: A Case Study in Coast Erosion (1968 Video)

    Director
    W John Allen; Michael J Clark
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min

    Barton is a cliff-top resort in Christchurch Bay, Hampshire, England. Property and amenities are threatened by coastal retreat of up to a metre a year. The problem is caused by a combination of marine...

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  7. Salinity and Water Penetration in Australian Soils (1968 Video)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Geography
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 14 min.

    Explains the causes and effects of salinity in the soils of the Western Australian wheat belt and the Murray-Darling irrigation settlements. Discusses methods of correcting these problems, stressing the need...

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  8. Weather Watchers, The (1968 Film)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Methods of observing the weather. Difficulties of obtaining an adequate data coverage of the globe by means of conventional surface and upper-air observations are pointed out. Possibilities of using balloons...

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  9. China: A Portrait of the Land (1967 Film)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the influence of China’s land resources on her history and economy and the human problems to be faced as industrial and agricultural development proceeds. The reasons for Communist land reforms...

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  10. Shoreline Sediments (1967 Film)

    Director
    E K Walton; J B Wilson
    Producer
    Eric Lucey
    Subject
    Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the relationship between shoreline processes and present day coastal sediments, with a view to establishing the environment of deposition of sedimentary rocks. Suggests the energy content of the...

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