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  1. Diana, Princess of Wales: Death and Funeral (1997 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. VHS. col. 4 x 180 min.

    BBC and ITV television coverage of the events of 30 Aug 1997, the day of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, and of 6 Sep 1997, the day of her funeral at Westminster Abbey.

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  2. Your Place or Mine? (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 29 minutes), £34.99

    Uses Cardiff Bay in Wales, a redeveloped dockland area, as a case study to examine the different and changing meanings of particular places for different people, both locals and outsiders. Long-term...

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  3. Golden Thread, The: English and Other Languages (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Anne Diack
    Subject
    English language and literature; Languages
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at two countries similar in size and with bilingual populations - Singapore and Wales - and explores what bilingualism has meant to people in the artistic community as well as to parents and their...

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  4. Perfect Oil Spill, A (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Chitty
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The tanker ‘Sea Empress’ ran aground off Milford Haven in 1996, spilling 80,000 tonnes, but the expected disaster never happened. Scientists had been studying the area for over 50 years and had...

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  5. Remember Aberfan (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Catrine Clay
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Visits the small minig village of Aberfan in South Wales where, on 21 October 1966, the coal tip above the village collapsed and slid down the hillside, killing over 140 people, many of them children from...

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  6. Return to Skomer (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Anne-Marie Gallen
    Subject
    Environmental science; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 10 min.

    Following the 1995 ‘Sea Empress’ oil spill, thousands of tonnes of oil flooded the coast of west Wales. One of the islands affected was Skomer, home to thousands of seabirds. Examines whether the annual...

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  7. Dream of Health, A (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1994 sale: £47.00

    Every year we spend more on medical services and drugs yet our health is not improving - incurable cancer and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases shorten thousands of lives. The World Health Organisation...

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  8. Skomer Island (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Stuart A Leatherdale
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Opens with the short ferry journey from the mainland to Skomer illustrating potential problems. A trip around the island is shown from the introductory talk given to all visitors by the warden, to the...

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  9. Rumours at the Miners’ Fortnight (1983 Video)

    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    South Wales miners and their families on their annual holiday in Trecco Bay discuss their history, the General Election of 1983, the forecast pit closures, the Falklands War, and the future and past of South...

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  10. So That You Can Live (1981)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 85 minutes), £8.00

    Cinema Action documentary filmed over five years showing the impact on one family living in a South Wales valley community of developments in the national and global political economy which result in local...

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