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Why me?
‘Why me?’ (‘Waarom ik?’) was made for the Leiden University Medical Center. The film, produced in both English and Dutch, brings the subject of epidemiology to life, and reveals how important the work of the Leiden medical detectives is in all our lives.
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Centre for Vision: Chris Evans joins the campaign
To support this work, go to: igg.me/at/childvision
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Lindau 2015
Back again at the 2015 Nobel laureates meeting in Lindau, this time, while Nature made several animated films about laureates’ ideas, mfreeth.com made three documentaries focusing on young scientists – and we supervised an animated film about orphan crops for Mars Inc.
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Centre for Vision: Short Promo
Mary-Ann Ochota asks for your support for this remarkable invention.
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Centre for Vision: Full film
A seven minute film tells the story of a simple but world changing invention by Josh Silver, and Oxford physicist.
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Blood Curdling
To assess whether, as has been hypothesised since medieval times, acute fear can curdle blood. 24 healthy volunteers aged ≤30 years recruited among students, alumni, and employees of the Leiden University Medical Center: 14 were assigned to watch a frightening (horror) movie followed by a non-threatening (educational) movie and 10 to watch the movies in reverse order. The movies were viewed more than a week apart at the same time of day and both lasted approximately 90 minutes.
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War times / Kriegszeit
John Russell, now in his 90’s, remembers bombing Dresden during the Second War, “we did not think about the people on the ground” he says. But in the remote part of South West Wales where John lives a ‘little Germany’ has been created since that time. This was where German prisoners were held during the war, and where the Panzers came for many years from 1961 with their tanks to practice firing. Special relationships between Germans and locals were formed […]
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Goals and schools / Fusball und schule
Mary-Ann joins a young English football team heading for the German School in Richmond. Journalist Luke Harding explains why our German team will win. English football teams have lost to Germany again and again since the World Cup in 2006… even so, the welcome English fans received in Germany that year, according to former German Ambassador to Britain, Thomas Matussek, made friends of us all. But back in school, why do the British mainly study the Nazis in their history […]
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What do the British really think of the Germans? / Was die Briten wirklich über die Deutschen denken
Mary-Ann stops British people in the street and she asks “Where is Germany on this map of Europe?” Many have no idea, many more know even less about the location of Germany’s major cities. But she also talks to singers, to the members of the Swindon-Salzgitter Twinning Association and to beer lovers who show much more respect for us Germans. She meets classical musicians, and a club DJ, to see how our countries have collaborated and still collaborate in the […]
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Smelling the diagnosis
Sniffer dogs are often seen in airports, but Cliff, the beagle from Amsterdam, is more at home in a hospital. Cliff has been trained to sniff out the bacteria clostridium difficile, which is highly infectious and can cause outbreaks of diarrhoea on the ward. Scientists at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam studied how effective Cliff was, and found that he can sniff out Clostridium difficile infections in stool samples and even in the air surrounding patients in hospital […]
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Fatal Alchemy from Martin Freeth on Vimeo.
Fatal Alchemy
Miracle beauty products may be a staple Christmas present today, but they’re not a recent invention. Diane de Poitiers, a French noble woman and mistress of Henry II of France, tried to use gold to preserve her looks – in alchemical law, gold was immutable, and alchemists and apothecaries created various potions to pass this gift onto their customers. For Christmas, the BMJ has made a film about a French research team’s investigations of Diane’s remains, and its discovery that […]
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StickyTape X-rays from Martin Freeth on Vimeo.
Sticky tape X-rays
New research provides evidence for an observation first described over 50 years ago – that peeling sticky tape emits x-rays. Hear the authors discuss their work and see the phenomenon in action.
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Maisie & George Trailer from Martin Freeth on Vimeo.
Maisie & George, and the future of their planet (trailer)
The NHS is one of Britain’s largest contributors to our carbon footprint. This film is about the impact of climate change on babies born today, and how the NHS can reduce its carbon footprint.
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The quantum lattice, with Bill Phillips
Awarded a Nobel Prize for using lasers to control and cool atoms, producing the Bose-Einstein condensation, Bill Phillips is eager to hear about new theories from young scientists like Hannah Venzl. An exciting dialogue develops between them on a boat trip on Lake Constance as they dream up new collaborative experiments in the quantum world.
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Beethoven’s deafness and his three styles
That Beethoven suffered from deafness is well known, but how did the progression of the condition affect his composition? In this video the Isolo string quartet demonstrate how his style changed over time. Read about the science behind the video in the paper, Beethoven’s deafness and his three styles, http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7589.
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THE WOMAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, Alice Stewart
Alice Stewart was one of Britain’s foremost epidemiologists. However her recognition came late in her career, having spent her life fighting the establishment’s enshrined views. In the 1950s when she started her work, x-rays were routinely used in foetal monitoring. It was Stewart who first showed the link between the practice and childhood leukemia. She went on to look at the effects of low-level radiation exposure – uncovering the true adverse effects of chronic exposure, and thus earning herself the […]
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The Living Map of La Bastide
To experience a French village in an entirely new way, go to : www.labastidevivante.fr
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With a little help from our friends
This film celebrates the work of the Pepper Foundation which supports children with terminal illness, and also supports their families. This is the long version of the film (19 minutes).
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Fit to Fly? from Martin Freeth on Vimeo.
Fit to Fly? (Medical Justice)
This film supports the campaigning work of the charity Medical Justice. All too often asylum seekers and refugees are locked up without proper medical care or diagnosis.
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