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  1. Glasgow by the Way (4 Parts) (1988 Video)

    Director
    Derek Tammes
    Producer
    Seona Roberts
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 52 min.

    Part 1: Shots of present-day Glasgow are intercut with stills and newsreels from the 1930s and 1940s. The first programme in the series deals with the slogan, ‘Glasgow’s Miles Better’, itself, the...

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  2. Heavy Metal (1988 Video)

    Director
    Catherine Robins
    Producer
    Michael Blakstad
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Discusses the damage which the emission of lead by vehicles can do to children’s developing brains and asks why it has taken government and scientists so long to begin effective action.

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  3. Is There Going to Be a Heterosexual Epidemic? (1988 Video)

    Director
    David Duggan
    Producer
    David Duggan
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Three different aspects of HIV infection are discussed: an outbreak in Belgium brought by travellers from Africa; infected drug users in Edinburgh; gay men in Amsterdam.

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  4. John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

    Looks at Keynes’ intellectual roots in Cambridge, his personal life, and his long public career as an adviser to governments. Examines the origins and central message of ‘The General Theory of...

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  5. More Questions Than Answers: The Case of the Promiscuous Parasite (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Julian Aston
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Discusses AIDS from a number of perspectives - scientific, statistical, social and political and revealing many different viewpoints on the disease. The latest research is contrasted with the immense amount...

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  6. Quest for Control, The (1988 Video)

    Director
    David Duggan
    Producer
    David Duggan
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION (try IBT or InCA), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Discusses the problem of public health control of a communicable disease and the rights of the individual infected with the virus. The debate involves public health officers, politicians and civil rights...

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  7. Stars, The (6 Parts) (1988 Video)

    Director
    Stuart Carter
    Producer
    Avie Little
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Six programmes portraying the birth, life and death of stars emphasising their importance for navigation and calendar making.

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  8. World of Economics, The (Parts 1-6) (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25, 33, 15, 25, 14, 30 min.

    Part 1: Professor James Buchanan, Director of the Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, Virginia, and the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Economic Science, in discussion with John Burton, Head...

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  9. World of Economics, The (Parts 7-12) (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 19, 5 x 25 min.

    Part 7: Professor Arthur Shenfield, former Economics Director of the Confederation of British Industry in discussion with John Burton. Orthodox micro-economic analysis makes a formidable case for what is...

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  10. Citizen 2000. No. 17: Rising Four (1987 Video)

    Director
    Bob Ando
    Producer
    Alan Gluckman
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.

    Part of a series following the progress of 18 children born in Great Britain in 1982. Looks at the the children as they exercise their new skills in communication and imaginativeness. Comments are made by...

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