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TIME IN THE SUN

Date released

Dec 1963

Series name

Mining Review 17th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

346232

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: A party of Derbyshire miners on holiday in Riccione, Italy. NCB Song lyrics - I’ll tell you a tale of some Derbyshire miners who travelled to It’ly in search of the sun. They stopped on...

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Dawn of the Solar Age (1977 Video)

Producer

Edward Goldwyn

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Surveys research into methods of obtaining energy from the sun, including direct solar heating from within and outside the atmosphere, and other indirect sources of energy from natural terrestrial solar...

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MINISTER’S VISIT

Date released

Mar 1960

Series name

Mining Review 13th Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

346077

Story no

1 / 3

BFI synopsis: The Hon. Richard Wood, Minister of Power, inspects recent developments in the Northumberland coalfields NCB Commentary - Rising Sun colliery - which is being reconstructed - was one of the pits...

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New Visions of the Universe (1981 Film, Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes different means of observing the universe from the earth. Describes the universe today, granulation of the sun, magnetic fields, eruptions on the sun and their effects on the earth. Discusses the...

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Field Astronomy (4 Parts) (1958 Film)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Part 1: Animated film shows the uses of astronomy in field surveys and the effects of the relative motions of the earth, sun and stars. Part 2: Animated film illustrates the geographical and celestial...

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The Years Of The Quiet Sun

Date released

1964

Series name

British Calendar

Issue no

81

NoS ID

323836

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IN THE SUN

Date released

Sep 1963

Series name

Mining Review 17th Year

Issue no

1

NoS ID

346218

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: a party of miners suffering from pneumoconiosis on holiday at Rimini, Italy (463). NCB Commentary - High on the list of dangers in coal-mining is dust. The very fine particles can cause...

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Absurd Stars: The Physics of White Dwarfs (1983 Video)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Investigates the properties of the super-dense matter of white dwarfs, stars so compact that they are as massive as the sun but only the size of the earth.

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Eclipse of the Century (1992 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

NOT AVAILABLE IN THE UK, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 60 min., 1999 sale: US$19.95 (+p&p)

Looks at the total solar eclipse viewed on 11 July 1991 from the observatories at the top of Mauna Keo, a dormant volcano, in Hawaii. Also relates the problems of the preparations as astronomers faced...

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Act Without Words (1983 Video)

Director

Margaret Jordan

Producer

Robin Browne

Subject

Drama

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min., 1995 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Film version of Beckett’s puppet play ‘Act without Words’. ‘A puppet finds a palm tree and sits in the shade, but the tree closes its fronds, leaving him in the hot sun. There is a carafe of water,...

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