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  1. Maclet Stoma Seal (1977 Film)

    Director
    Peter Isaac
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Introduces the principles of the magnetic stoma seal for colostomies. The operation is shown and possible pitfalls discussed.

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  2. After the Drought: A Peasant Family in West Africa (1976 Film)

    Director
    Kristian Palvden; Aage Peterson; O G Sven
    Producer
    Willy Rohoe
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    About a peasant family living in the village of Piela - a loosely nucleated settlement of compounds with little centrality - in the central part of Upper Volta, who make their living primarily by farming,...

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  3. After the Drought: An Urban Family in West Afica (1976 Film)

    Director
    Kristian Palvden; Aage Peterson; O G Sven
    Producer
    Willy Rohoe
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    About a relatively prosperous family living on the outskirts of Ouagadougou, capital of Upper Volta, who make their living by trade and by farming a field which lies outside the city limits.

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  4. King Lear (1971) (1971 Film)

    Director
    Peter Brook
    Producer
    Michael Birkett
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 137 minutes), £29.99

    The relentlessly cold and unemotional interpretation was heavily influenced by the essay, ‘King Lear or Endgame’, in which the Polish poet/critic/academic Jan Kott argued that Lear should be interpreted...

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  5. On the Track of the Bog People (1969 Film)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Excavations at an Iron Age site. Shows scientific research and study of the Bog People, including reconstruction of dwellings, methods of weaving, ploughing, pottery-making, etc. Simulates the living...

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  6. Role of the Cell Membrane, The (1969 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 18 min.

    Shows pseudopodial formation by an amoeba and the way such structures may take in solid materials phagocytically. This is followed by the action of contractile vacuoles in ridding protozoa of excess water,...

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  7. Ofelias Blomster (1968 Film)

    aka: Ophelia’s Flowers

    Director
    Jorgen Leth

    Experimental film. ‘In Per Kirkeby’s set with a blue backdrop beside a woodland lake Lene Adler Petersen pronounces Ophelia’s madness monologue from Hamlet, but she is constantly interrupted by the...

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  8. Viking Ships of Roskilde, The (1964 Film)

    Director
    Borge Host
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A report on the excavations made after ships from the Viking period were found underwater in a channel in Roskilde Fjord.

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  9. New Reality, A (1962 Video)

    Director
    Borge Host
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 50 min.

    Traces the discovery of the structure of the atom with particular emphasis on the work of Niels Bohr.

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  10. Han, Hun og Hamlet (1922 Film)

    aka: He, She and Hamlet

    Director
    Lau Lauritzen

    Feature film. Eva is a pupil at a girl’s school. She is stage struck and with other female students puts on plays after hours, only to be caught and forbidden to act any more. She is later expelled for...

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