Medical audiovisual materials: equipment and distribution information
May 2008
The BMA library has an excellent collection of medical videos, as well as an archival collection of television materials. Materials can be borrowed by members, or viewed by non-members after purchase of a full readers ticket.
Some videos in the collection are not available commercially. Many were acquired through the BMA film and video competition and are no longer available for purchase. Generally speaking, if a video is more than ten years old and/or was produced/distributed by a pharmaceutical company, then it will probably not be available.
Resources
British National Film and Video Guide
A useful resource for locating distributors' addresses. Formerly the British National Film and Video Catalogue. The addresses are given at the back of each volume, but note that each listing is not comprehensive and that some details may now be out of date.
Some of this is now available online:
www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/researchers/
Film distribution libraries
Concord Video and Film Council
Rosehill Centre,
22 Hines Road,
Ipswich,
Suffolk.
IP3 9BG
tel: 01473 726012
fax: 01473 274531
email: sales@concordvideo.co.uk
www.concordvideo.co.uk
One of the two main distributors of medical videos in the UK - hires out many of their titles as well as selling them.
Oxford Educational Resources
PO Box 106
Kidlington
Oxford
OX5 1HY
tel: 01865 842552
fax: 01865 842551
email: sales@oer.co.uk
www.oer.co.uk/
One of the two main distributors of medical videos in the UK which hires out many of their titles as well as selling them.
Boulton-Hawker Films
28 George Street
Hadleigh
Ipswich
IP7 5BG
tel: 01473 824519
www.boultonhawker.co.uk/cat/
Deals with human biology/school health education type programmes although it has a bias to US materials.
Viewtech Educational Media
7-8 Falcons Gate
Northavon Business Centre
Dean Road
Yate
Bristol
BS37 5NH
tel: 01454 858055
fax: 01454 858056
email: info@viewtech.co.uk
www.viewtech.co.uk/
Deals with human biology/school health education type programmes although has bias to Australian materials.
Educational resources
Griffin Education
Bishop Meadow Road
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 5RG
tel: 01509 233344
www.griffineducation.co.uk/index.php
Anatomical models (torsos, body parts and skeletons) and posters.
Film distributors
Leicester University Audio Visual Services
PO Box 138
Medical Sciences Building
University Road
Leicester
LE1 9HN
tel: 0116 252 2910
www.le.ac.uk/avs/
University of Newcastle
Teaching and Cluster Room Support (TCRS)
The Medical School
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
tel: 0191 222 6984
fax: 0191 222 7696
email: avs@ncl.ac.uk
www.ncl.ac.uk/iss/tcrs/
Videos for Patients
The Production Tree
Unit G16 Shepherd’s Building
Rockley Road
W14 0DA
tel: 020 7610 5599
email: sales@productiontree.co.uk
www.videosforpatients.co.uk