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  1. Light Stuff, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Mark J Davis
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Tells of a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who designed and built a human-powered aircraft to recreate the mythical successful flight by Daedalus.

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  2. 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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  3. At the Edge (1988 Video)

    Director
    Chris Haws
    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    The modern fighter pilot is required to fly aircraft that go beyond the limits of the human body, both in terms of physical stress and information handling capability. This programme shows the selection...

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  4. Story of an Air CommuniquÉ, The (1940 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 min.

    Made for the Ministry of Information to show how accurately the figures for destroyed enemy aircraft were compiled and checked. The film has no technical credits apart from that of the GPO Film Unit itself....

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  5. Chimps on Death Row (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Sam Roberts
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the fate of chimpanzees used for scientific experiments, now no longer needed. In the past, they were used to develop aircraft ejection seats, undergo space travel experiments, and test vaccines...

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  6. Black Box (1996 Video)

    Director
    David Darlow; Jeremy Llewllyn-Jones
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Profiles the work of air crash investigators examining the mysteries of major air disasters, concentrating on the ‘black box’ cockpit flight recorder and looking at such factors as weather, hidden design...

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  7. Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (1994 Video)

    Director
    David Munro
    Producer
    David Munro
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 75 min.

    Undercover reporting by David Munro and John Pilger revealing evidence of an unreported massacre in East Timor by Indonesian troops. Tells how survivors of an initial massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery...

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  8. Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2010: Size Matters (2011)

    Subject
    Physics

    The 2010 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, given by Dr Mark Miodownik, a materials scientist from King’s College London, explore the peculiar living and non-living matter that makes up the universe and...

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