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  1. Creeping Garden, The (2017)

    Director
    Tim Grabham; Jasper Sharp
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 81 minutes), £17.99

    This documentary explores the world of the plasmodial slime mould as revealed through the eyes of the fringe scientists, mycologists and artists who work with them. Long overlooked by biologists, in recent...

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  2. Samsara (2013)

    Director
    Ron Fricke
    Producer
    Mark Magidson
    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £24.99

    Following in the same template as 1992’s BARAKA (also directed by Fricke), SAMSARA is a study in the ways humanity works as a collective and as individuals, with the cycle of human existence providing the...

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  3. Nova: Extreme Ice (2009)

    Director
    Noel Dockstader
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 56 minutes), $24.99

    This National Geographic programme from the US Nova television series follows acclaimed photojournalist James Balog and a scientific team as they deploy time-lapse cameras in risky, remote locations in the...

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  4. James Balog: Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss (2009)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography

    Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of...

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  5. Supernatural: Series 1 (2006)

    Director
    John Downer
    Subject
    Biology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 203 minutes), £19.99

    A follow-up to the SUPERSENSE series. Combining state-of-the-art filming techniques including time-lapse phorography with the latest research into animal senses, SUPERNATURAL unravels the extrasensory feats...

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  6. Microcosmos (1996 Video)

    aka: Microcosmos: Le Peuple en Herbe

    Director
    Claude Nuridsany; Marie Pérennou
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 72 minutes), £15.99

    Uses cinemicrography, flying cameras and time-lapse cinematography to present a insect’s-eye view of the wildlife found in a meadow in southern France in summertime. Shows a bee gathering pollen; a...

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  7. Secret Life of 118 Green Street, The (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col 47 min., 1999 sale: £15.00 (+ VAT inc p&p)

    Shows how under the exterior of an ordinary house in an average American town are millions of living insects, most of them invisible to the naked eye. Uses time-lapse photography and electron microscropy to...

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  8. Baraka/Chronos (1985)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £29.99

    Two films from the cinematographer of KOYAANISQUATSI, Ron Fricke. BARAKA (1992) is a visually stunning film shot over 13 months in 24 countries, providing an overwhelming experience that spans the...

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  9. Moving Still (1980 Video)

    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC

    Charts the development of stroboscopic photography and how it can show things which the naked eye would be unable to detect. MIT Professor Harold Edgerton shows how it is possible to recreate ‘living’...

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  10. Exploring the Time-Lapse Camera (1968 Film, Video)

    Producer
    William M Harlow
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Explores the techniques and uses of time-lapse photography, in particular showing its usefulness to the study of growing plants.

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