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The Ndola Show

Date released

1958

Series name

Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue no

74

NoS ID

351312

Story no

2 / 6

Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: Glimpses of the Northern Rhodesian Show at Ndola opened by the Governor General. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - His Excellency the Governor General arrives to open the...

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Space (2001)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 180 minutes), £19.99

A 6-part series using state-of-the-art computer graphics to demonstrate the beautiful, astonishing and often dangerous phenomena of the Universe. Presented by Sam Neill. Individual programmes are: 1) Star...

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Making Electronic Appliances

Date released

Mar 1965

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

11

NoS ID

324639

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: At a British electronics factory tiny transistors, so small that they can only be handled by using a high-powered microscope, are made. This process leads on to the making of "thin film" micro...

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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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Chase, The: Episode 1: The Executioners (1965 Television)

aka: Executioners

Series

Doctor Who

Director

Richard Martin (2)

Producer

Verity Lambert

Children’s television cult science-fiction series. The Daleks build a time machine and send an execution squad to hunt the Doctor and the TARDIS through eternity. In the TARDIS the travellers huddle around...

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Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

Director

Werner Herzog

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 98 minutes), £9.99

Werner Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as...

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Grizedale Nature Reserve

Date released

1971

Series name

London Line

Issue no

366

NoS ID

326603

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: Grizedale, in the English Lake District, provides space enough for the observer to view all forms of British animal life in their natural setting - and for him to see for himself the importance...

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Commissioner of Sewers: William S Burroughs (1991 Video)

Director

Klaus Maeck

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

A drama-documentary using interview and archival material, paintings and clips of William S Burroughs’ film appearances (including DECODER and Gus van Sant’s DRUGSTORE COWBOY and THANKSGIVING PRAYER)...

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Real World Problems for Modelling (1994 Video)

Director

John Murray

Producer

John Murray

Subject

Mathematics; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £22.50 (+VAT +p&p)

A collection of short clips to stimulate modelling investigations and to motivate interest in new topics in mechanics. First describes the modelling process and gives an example of how to define a problem....

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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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