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  1. Voyage of Charles Darwin, The (1978 Video)

    Producer
    Christopher Ralling
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 60 min., 1995 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Drama documentary of Darwin’s journey of discovery in HMS Beagle during which he developed his theory of evolution. The programme retraces Darwin’s path from Cornwall, round South America and to the...

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  2. Aston’s Villas (1977 Film)

    Director
    Nigel E Haverly; Jennifer Tann
    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces the development of the township of Aston, built within the old park walls of Aston Hall. When the direct line of the Holte family died out Aston Hall was leased to James Watt Jnr and it was only after...

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  3. Context of the City (1977 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Geography; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

    The argument is that one cannot understand any aspect of the built form - whether it is an individual building or a city - without looking at the nature of the social process that produced it and sustains...

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  4. Utopia (1977 Video)

    Director
    Gillian Skirrow
    Producer
    Stephen Sharples; Gillian Skirrow
    Subject
    Architecture; Geography; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 30 min.

    The year is 2000. Existing towns and cities have become violent ungovernable places. The government has therefore decided to mark the turn of the century by establishing a project named Utopia 2000 - whose...

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  5. Buildings for People (1976 Video)

    Director
    Arthur Smith
    Producer
    Arthur Smith
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 36 min.

    Shows how integrated environmental design can create buildings which provide a satisfactory environment, are economical to run and maintain, and are aesthetic. It describes how form, shape and materials...

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  6. Planning and the Community (1975 Audio)

    Subject
    Architecture; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, Audiocassette. 60 min.

    An illustrative case study of the solution to a local planning issue, involving discussion with residence groups, town planners and local government.

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  7. World of the Suburb, The (1975 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines some of the characteristic design features of thw world of the suburb, contrasting an Edwardian terrace house in Ilford with a semi-detached house, also in Ilford, of the 1920s.

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  8. People or Planning (1971 Film)

    Director
    Karl Francis
    Producer
    Ron Bloomfield
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    One householder doesn’t like the laundrette outside his front door and another doesn’t want a cement factory near his home. There is not much that either of them can do about it.

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  9. Long Time Dying, A (1969 Film)

    Producer
    Philip Whitehead
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Peter Williams investigates the decision to ‘run down’ and eventually demolish 121 villages in County Durham. Interviews with residents of Witton Park, who are against the decision, and with politicians.

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  10. Design of Space, The (1966 Film)

    Producer
    D C Chipperfield
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A survey of the design and landscaping of new towns in Britain, showing what has been achieved at Stevenage and Crawley and in the development of the city centres of Birmingham, Coventry, Cumbernauld and...

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