British Universities Film & Video Council

moving image and sound, knowledge and access

Results

21-27 of 27 results | Page 3 of 3
« First
123Next ›
Last »
Sort results by
  1. Battle for the Planet (7 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Bo Landin
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. Standard formats. col. 208, 156 min. Tape 1 contains programmes 1-4; tape 2 contains programmes 5-7.

    A seven-part series with each programme presenting a personal view of a major issue, followed by responses from grass-roots groups in different countries, and concluded with discussion relating the issue to...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  2. Baka, People of the Rain Forest (4 Parts) (1987 Video)

    Director
    Phil Agland
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 104 min.

    About the Baka ('Pygmy’) people and their life in the tropical rainforest. Offers no analysis but sets out to show the Baka through the strong personalities of three central characters: Licano, a man in...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  3. Decade of Destruction: Mechanics of the Forest (1986 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Roger James
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    A tenth of the world’s species live in Amazonia, feeding off each other, pollinating each other, dependent in a web of life. A botanist and a zoologist explain and show the delicate balance between plant...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  4. Decade of Destruction: Storms of the Amazon (1986 Video)

    Director
    Adrian Cowell
    Producer
    Roger James
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Argues that deforestation will change the climate of the Amazonia and its surrounding regions. Trees push moisture into the atmosphere, thus generating rainfall, which can be used by all plants. Cutting the...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  5. Reclaiming the Forest (1986 Film, Video)

    Director
    George Drion; Paul Henley
    Subject
    Anthropology; Development studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The competition between national governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants for control of an area of South American rain forest. Shows the potential conflict betwen the interests of the...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  6. Malaya: Forest from the Dawn of Time (1983 Film)

    Director
    Tony Beamish
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part 1 shows the kind of plants and animals to be found in the major habitats of tropical rainforests, including rivers, the forest margin, the litter layer and the canopy. Gives a picture of the diversity...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
  7. Forest Heritage (1952)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 21 minutes), £8.00

    This film portrays the people, traditions and landscape of the New Forest in the 1950s. Featuring music by Clifton Parker, cinematography by Roy Layzell and commentary by John Snagge, it was commissioned by...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
21-27 of 27 results | Page 3 of 3
« First
123Next ›
Last »
Sort results by