Climate change is changing the chemistry of the Earth's oceans. As man-made carbon dioxide causes global warming, it's also filtering down into the seas, causing Ocean Acidification. Ocean Acidification has caused mass extinctions in the Earth's past, and could destroy the largest habitat…
The term 'acid rain' originated in Manchester in the 1850s. The history of damage to buildings and vegetation is discussed in the video, and the contempary effects of acid rain on the ecology of the region are examined. The potential dangers to human health from air pollution are also highlighed.…
Acid Rain occurs as a result of air-borne pollution. Industries which burn coal and oil, for example, release sulphur and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere and often over long distances. The oxides combine with moisture in the atmosphere to form dilute acids and these return to earth as rain or snow.…
A basketball dynasty. A dominating star player. A grueling regular season. A championship year. The Chicago Bulls? No, it's the Tennessee Lady Volunteers, gunning for their second consecutive NCAA women's basketball crown, and their fifth in a decade when this documentary debuted in March 1998…
Sam Green, Andy Black, 2013, USA , 10 minutes
7 Americans with strong and very different opinions about guns in the US sit down together and have a civil conversation about the most controversial topic in the country.
A documentary by award-winning filmmakers Carlos Sandoval (Farmingville, The State of Arizona) and Peter Miller (AKA Doc Pomus, Sacco and Vanzetti). The first major film to bring to life the heroic post-World War II struggles of Mexican Americans against the Jim Crow-style discrimination targeted…
PURCHASE INCLUDES PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND CLASSROOM USE A documentary by award-winning filmmakers Carlos Sandoval (Farmingville, The State of Arizona) and Peter Miller (AKA Doc Pomus, Sacco and Vanzetti). The first major film to bring to life the heroic post-World War II struggles of Mexican Americans…
Children are taught about race discrimination in an experiment using eye colour. Brown Eyes v Blue Eyes. Which are the most clever? In the midwest of America, Jane Elliot, who conducted the unique experiment where a class of young children take turns at being underdogs because of their eye colour…
“I didn't need to watch Mad Men - I lived it." This is a documentary about legendary studio executive and producer Marcia Nasatir. She shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling in 1974 when she became the first female vice-president at a major film studio, United Artists.
The daily lives of the Panare Indians of Venezuela. The daily lives of the Panare Indians, a primitive tribe inhabiting the jungle of Venezuela. Discusses how long their society could remain untouched by the influence of the civilisation which they try to reject. Granada Television.
In the highlands of Mongolia, against the harsh snow, the Gerituan family still tend to their camels, birth the calves, feed the livestock, and now, overcome the challenges presented by new coalmines. Each summer, the Gerituan family sells most of their livestock and makes that year’s earnings.…
