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  1. Sport and Technology (2002)

    Subject
    Sports science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 26 minutes), £41.13

    Demonstrates how technology is used in various aspects of sport: by assisting peformance, aiding recovery from injuries, improving judging of events, and by raising the standard of spectator information,...

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  2. History of Football, The: The Beautiful Game (6 Parts) (2002)

    Subject
    Sports science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 min each first 5 parts; 156 min part 6), £19.99 each part

    A series with two titles per cassette, except Volume 3 which has 3 parts. Focuses on every aspect of the game from its humble beginnings to the multi-million pound industry it is today. Investigates the...

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  3. Henry V - England’s Captain (2001 Television, Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution

    A two-part video, in 4 Learning’s Middle English slot, aiming to make literacy more attractive to reluctant readers by locating a Shakespeare play in the recognisable world of football. Henry V - a set...

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  4. Seattle Mariners: The Hidden Shakespeare Trick (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Lonnie Weiss

    A television commercial for the Seattle Mariners in their ‘Ain’t Baseball Great’ campaign. A Red Sox runner leads off second base. Mariner shortstop Alex Rodriguez sidles over and pulls a volume of...

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  5. Passing Judgements (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Betty Talks
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Roman games are regarded as bloodthirsty, cruel and voyeuristic. To the Romans, however, there were not so much entertainment as part of the judicial system. Five classicists discuss how we have arrived...

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  6. Philosophy in Action: Debates About Boxing (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Amanda Willett
    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

    Discussion about whether boxing should be banned, with boxer Barry McGuigan and poliltican and writer Roy Hattersley taking part.

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  7. This Sporting Life (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Although 25 million adults participate in some form of sport every month, there is still a significant number of people who do not - particularly women, members of ethnic minorities, the over-50s, and people...

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  8. Siege of Barcelona, The (1992 Video)

    Director
    Patrick Buckley; Chris Haws
    Producer
    Thelma Rumsey
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    A look at the six years of preparation that have gone into Barcelona’s preparation for the 25th Olympic Games. Presents a ‘behind the scenes’ view of how Barcelona prepared for and managed the games,...

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  9. Going Downhill Fast (1990 Video)

    Director
    Andy Fairgrieve
    Producer
    Andy Fairgrieve
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    The programme explores the world of speed skiing, a winter sport equivalent of dragster racing. The difference is that the only motor power available is the slope of the hill.This programme examines the...

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  10. Hamlet: Carling Black Label Advertisement (1989 Television)

    Subject
    Drama

    Television advertisement for Carling Black Label lager. Hamlet, in Elizabethan dress, and holding Yorick’s skull on stage recites ‘Alas, poor Yorick/I knew him’. He drops the skull to gasps from the...

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