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  1. Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes (1996 Video)

    Director
    Peter Howell
    Subject
    Biology; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    John Maynard Smith describes the way flight developed in the animal kingdom: the fossil record indicates that the long tails which stabilised the flight of the first birds evolved into shorter, less stable...

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  2. Britain’s Greatest Pilot (2017)

    aka: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown

    Subject
    Aviation

    TV documentary. Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown recounts his flying experiences, encounters with the Nazis and other adventures leading up to and during the Second World War. Illustrated with archive footage...

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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. Brits Who Made the Modern World (2009)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology

    Series of six 30-minute programmes in which Peter Snow looks at the untold stories of British scientists and engineers who developed some of the modern world’s most incredible technology. The series covers...

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  5. Understanding Materials (5 Parts) (1982)

    Director
    Michael Paul
    Producer
    Michael Paul
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

    1 MATERIALS IN PERSPECTIVE(1981): Looks at metals, ceramics, glass, polymers and composites in terms of their classification and atomic structure. Asks why we need material science, or material scientists,...

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  6. James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

    aka: James May’s 20th Century

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

    Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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