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  1. Environmental, Social and Economic Issues in Textiles (2009)

    Subject
    Design; Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 23 minutes), £39.00

    The third film in the Talking Textiles series considers the effect to the planet and its people of manufacturing cotton and using it to create the textiles so basic to satisfying human needs. What may...

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  2. Killer Bargain, A (2008)

    Director
    Tom Heinemann
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 57 minutes), 28 euros

    A critical look at the cotton industry in India. Multinational companies are involved in promoting the extensive use of pesticides, many of which are banned in the western world. The bleaching and dyeing...

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  3. Human Rights (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min., See: BEYOND RED

    Three 8-minute films: 1) THE VISITOR: A couple have come from Siberia to visit friends in Moscow and are stopped by police demanding a tax towards the city’s upkeep - in reality, a new measure to curtail...

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  4. Cotton Processing (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 2006 sale: £29.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows various procedures in cotton processing: spinning, weaving, dyeing, quality control, design, marking up, cutting, marketing.

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  5. Resources: Aluminium, Cotton and Water (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines three areas of natural resource use: the commercial and technical issues behind the recycling of aluminium cans, the processes by which raw cotton becomes a woven fabric, and water as a natural...

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  6. Textile Industry, The (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 74 min.

    A compilation of 13 films/extracts from 1913 to1960 mainly showing production aspects of the cotton industry.

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  7. Rise and Fall of King Cotton, The (6 Parts) (1984 Video)

    Director
    Michael Garrod
    Producer
    Michael Garrod
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 30 min.

    Series discussing the technical, scientific, economic and political issues in the rise and fall of the cotton industry. Great Britain, India and the United States of America are the three countries...

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  8. Cost of Cotton, The (1979 Film)

    Producer
    Luis Argueta; David Temple
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents excessive and uncontrolled use of pesticides in Guatemala. The country’s cotton production depends on aerial spraying of pesticides every two or three days during the harvest. The consequences...

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