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  1. Chopper, The (1982 Video)

    Producer
    Patrick Uden
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the evolution of the helicopter over a period of nearly 50 years, using rare archive footage of early pioneering flights. Shows the first practical helicoptor, the German Focke Achgelis 61, first used...

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  2. Cleared for Take-Off (1994 Video)

    Director
    Karl Sabbagh
    Producer
    Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., £20.00

    The programme covers the year leading up to the first flight. The Boeing 777 is the company’s latest attempt to stay ahead in the civil aviation field, in the face of competition from McDonnell Douglas and...

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  3. Why Planes Vanish (2014)

    Director
    Miles O’Brien; Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology

    Television documentary. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish? The programme tells the...

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  4. Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (1997 Video)

    Director
    Terry Sanders
    Subject
    Information technology; Librarianship
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL or NTSC). col. 30 or 56 min., 1997 sale: US$39.50 (+p&p) for 30-minuteversion 1997 sale: US$59.50 (+p&p) for 56-minute version

    Looks at the hidden crisis of the digital information age, asking whether digitally stored information and knowledge will survive into the future. Discussing the issue are Peter Norton (Norton Utilities),...

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  5. Project Greenglow and the Quest for Gravity Control

    Director
    Nic Young
    Subject
    Engineering; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Science documentary. In the mid-1990s British aerospace manufacturer BAE Systems began a ground-breaking project code-named ‘Greenglow’ which set about turning what many regarded as science fiction into...

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  6. Limit, The (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Emma Swain
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) (each episode) 1997 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) (whole series)

    Six programmes exploring the limits of human achievement in the field of engineering, focusing on international engineers working on the toughest assignments of their careers. Asks how can we extend physical...

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  7. Pearls of Water

    Subject
    Chemistry; Education

    This short film illustrates the effects of gravitational acceleration. The demonstration separates the horizontal and vertical motion of a jet of water as it moves through the air. As the horizontal motion...

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  8. Environmental Control in the North Sea (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at waste and water management aboard a North Sea oil platform. Considers not just the inevitable solid and liquid wastes of the accommodation for several hundred workers, but the complex industrial...

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  9. Business Structures (2004)

    Subject
    Business studies; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £120.00

    Explains what the structure of a business means, using case studies including Daimler Chrysler, Burger King, Easy Jet, ferry company Stena Line and drugs company Eli Lilly. Businesses are structured in many...

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  10. How to Be Eccentric: The Selected Films of Richard Massingham (2015)

    Director
    Richard Massingham
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 170 minutes), £19.99

    Contents: Dr Massingham says... Tell Me If It Hurts (1934) | Coughs and Sneezes (1945) | Jet-propelled Germs (1948) | Handkerchief Drill (1949) | Another Case of Poisoning (1949) | The Cure (1950) |...

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