Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
11-20 of 23 results | Page 2 of 3
« First
123Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. Action of the Sun (1950 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A classified selection of types of solar prominences. Made at the High Altitude Observatory of the Universities of Harvard and Colorado.

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  2. The 1968 High Altitude Olympics

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    37
    NoS ID
    350241
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Michael Smee joins Britain’s Olympic hopefuls as they undergo specialised training under medical supervision in preparation for their 7,000 foot October walking challenge. Dr Griff Pugh...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  3. Seeing Sights in the Sierras

    Date released
    9 Jun 1932
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    575
    NoS ID
    332999
    Story no
    7 / 7

    NoS Summary - girls pose in swimsuits on a mountainside and on oil derricks. British Pathe synopsis: "There’s more than gold in the Sierras - " reads the introductory intertitle. Group of chorus girls...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  4. Nostalgia for the Light (2012)

    Director
    Patricio Guzman
    Subject
    Archaeology; Astronomy; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 mins.), £9.99

    A documentary drama by Patricio Guzman on the high altitude desert in Chile called Atacama. Atacama is highly significant to archaeologists for preserving the oldest known mummies in the world, and for being...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  5. Back from the Brink: The Science of Survival (2008)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £6.00

    The five 2007 Royal Institution Christmas lectures given by Dr Hugh Montgomery, a diver, skydiver, high-altitude mountaineer and intensive care doctor. He discusses how the body can cope with some of the...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  6. Steam goes Supersonic

    Date released
    1956
    Series name
    Home and Away
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    352797
    Story no
    4 / 4

    Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: This item takes us to the works of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., where we see Britannia air liners under construction and test, and glimpse the development of jet aero engines by...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  7. Plants: Problems with Water (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    When does biology seem to outstrip simple physics? Ordinary air pressure can only raise a column of water up ten metres, but a giant redwood tree can raise it more than 100 metres. The film demonstrates how...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  8. London Line Turns The Heat On...

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    29
    NoS ID
    350214
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: London Line turns the heat on... Howard Williams, who keeps his cool at over 200 degrees Fahrenheit in the liquid conditioned suit - a water-cooled outfit developed for air force high altitude...

    News on Screen News on Screen Cinema news Cinema news To order To order Moving image Moving image

  9. Everest: Man Vs Mountain (2006)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £19.99

    21 super fit, highly motivated, British Army mountaineers risk everything in a bid to become the first Britons to conquer Everest via the notoriously difficult West Ridge. Everest - Man Vs Mountain, a...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  10. Science and the Swastika (2004)

    Subject
    History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 9200 minutes), £16.99

    Series looking at how the Third Reich adapted the tenets of science to its own ends. Narrated by Sebastian Faulks. 07/04: The Good German:

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
About marked records »
11-20 of 23 results | Page 2 of 3
« First
123Next ›
Last »
Sort results by