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  1. Hot House People. Part 3: Poor Kids Can Be Geniuses Too (1987 Video)

    Director
    Luke Jeans
    Producer
    Jane Walmsley
    Subject
    Education
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    An account of the politically controversial subject of providing gifted children with special educational support. Looks at Hunter College in New York City which, under the leadership of a black woman...

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  2. In Your Hands (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 11 min.

    Tissue culture techniques are valuable on humanitarian grounds in that they can greatly reduce the use of laboratory animals. In certain cases they are also attractive for reasons of reduced cost or greater...

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  3. Playing with Fire (1987 Video)

    Director
    Patrick Fleming
    Producer
    Michael Blakstad
    Subject
    Health & safety
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Emphasises the point that people do not realise how quickly fire spreads and how fast they need to react. Analyses video recordings of the Bradford City Football Ground in 1986. Looks at hazards in homes,...

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  4. Everything is Negotiable (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

    Video-based training course covering negotiations involved in buying, selling, industrial relations, contracting, project management; negotiating with colleagues.

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  5. Experiment: Physics (14 Parts) (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col 3 x 15 min.

    Designed to support A-level physics courses, each programme enables students to make observations and readings as if they were performing experiments in the laboratory. Titles of individual programmes are:...

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  6. Short History of the Future, A: The Spaceship (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Sheila Hayman
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Compares spaceflight as portrayed in the cinema to it really is. The US space programme was started in the Walt Disney studios by Werner von Braun, and the first space shuttle was called Enterprise after the...

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  7. Looking into Paintings (6 Parts) (1985 Video)

    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 25 min.

    Part 1 investigates how paintings have been interpreted and re-interpreted through the ages, beginning with Leonardo’s ‘Mona Lisa’. Shows that we have expectations about paintings and painters based on...

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  8. Planets, The. Part 1: Children of the Sun (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Begins with an historical look at our knowledge of the solar system, from the ancient stone circles to the Greek view that the sun and planets rotated around the earth. Galileo and his opposing view is...

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  9. Planets, The. Part 2: Mercury and Venus (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It was not thought to rotate on its own axis so a solar day would equal a year. Shows how modern radar telescope techniques disproved this theory. The Mariner 10...

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  10. Planets, The. Part 3: The Blue Planet (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    The earth is unique among planets in the solar system. Looks briefly at the major features in the planet’s development, with a look at the significance of water in the balance of the atmosphere and of...

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