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  1. Teaching Computers to Think (1991 Video)

    Director
    Gary Leach
    Producer
    Geoff Deehan
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    For the last 40 years computer scientists have been pursuing the dream of making a truly intelligent machine. The new breed of computers can work without programs. They are based on the human brain and can...

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  2. Silicon Fever (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Health & safety
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

    Reveals the health hazards behind the super-clean image of the mciroelectronics industry.

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  3. World of the Unborn (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Derek Bromhall
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 52 min.

    Shows how each baby, unless it has an identical twin, inherits a unique genetic constitution from its parents. Explains the division of cells, DNA, and chromosomes. Shows how the reproductive organs develop...

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  4. Fly-By-Wire (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Ben Shephard
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. Betamax. col. 52 min.

    Advances in aviation technology give computers a central role in the control of modern jet aircraft. For many years military aircraft have incorporated fly-by-wire technology. The first fly-by-wire civil...

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  5. Skyscraper (4 Parts) (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 52 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA (compilation video?)

    A record of the building of a 47-storey, 7OO-foot tall skyscraper, Worldwide Plaza, in New York City, showing the evolution of the project from the initial design through all it construction stages to its...

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  6. Glasgow by the Way (4 Parts) (1988 Video)

    Director
    Derek Tammes
    Producer
    Seona Roberts
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 52 min.

    Part 1: Shots of present-day Glasgow are intercut with stills and newsreels from the 1930s and 1940s. The first programme in the series deals with the slogan, ‘Glasgow’s Miles Better’, itself, the...

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  7. Heavy Metal (1988 Video)

    Director
    Catherine Robins
    Producer
    Michael Blakstad
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Discusses the damage which the emission of lead by vehicles can do to children’s developing brains and asks why it has taken government and scientists so long to begin effective action.

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  8. Is There Going to Be a Heterosexual Epidemic? (1988 Video)

    Director
    David Duggan
    Producer
    David Duggan
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Three different aspects of HIV infection are discussed: an outbreak in Belgium brought by travellers from Africa; infected drug users in Edinburgh; gay men in Amsterdam.

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  9. Landshapes (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Tim Fell
    Subject
    Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 x 28 min., 1993 sale: £55 (set of 7 programmes)

    A series of seven programmes looking at the geomorphology of Britain and Ireland. Part 1: The stiperstones of Shropshire, which are representative of some of the most ancient rocks found in the British...

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  10. More Questions Than Answers: The Case of the Promiscuous Parasite (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Julian Aston
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Discusses AIDS from a number of perspectives - scientific, statistical, social and political and revealing many different viewpoints on the disease. The latest research is contrasted with the immense amount...

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