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  1. Helping Tommy to "See It Through"

    Date released
    30 Nov 1939
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    913
    NoS ID
    036984
    Story no
    6 / 8

    Large factory works to full capacity manufacturing lenses for cameras, telescopes etc. used by fighting services.

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  2. Good Seeing (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the new generation of large ground-based optical telescopes which will use lasers and flexible mirrors to compensate for atmospheric distortions and improve the ‘seeing’ from earth. In...

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  3. Astronomy (1985 Video)

    Director
    Suzanne Campbell-Jones
    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how the development of bigger and better computerised telescopes has advanced knowledge of the night sky.

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  4. Observatories, The (1982 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An overview of the research in astronomy being conducted at six American radio and optical observatories. Aspects of the radio and optical telescopes are explained. Graphics illustrate pulsars, black holes...

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  5. Northern Express Wrecked (Dissolve To)

    Date released
    17 Jun 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    449
    NoS ID
    033923
    Story no
    5 / 7

    Fourteen dead, thirty injured as parcels express from London telescopes eight coaches of Newcastle night-flyer.

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  6. Radio Astronomy

    Date released
    1965
    Series name
    Frontier
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    324975
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NoS synopsis: Sir Bernard Lovell talks about his work at the Jodrell Bank Radio Astronomy laboratories at Manchester University, giving examples of how radio telescopes have stimulated and helped in the...

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  7. Europe to the Stars (2012)

    Director
    Lars Lindberg Christensen
    Subject
    Astronomy

    To celebrate its 50th anniversary year, the European Southern Observatory released the documentary Europe to the Stars: ESO’s first 50 years of Exploring the Southern Sky. The movie tells the story of the...

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  8. Universe, The (1977 Film, Video)

    Director
    Lester Novros
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the modern concept of the universe. A brief account of observational methods, telescopes, rockets and satellites. Shows the accretion of galaxies, the formation of stars and planetary systems, and...

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  9. Mapping the Universe (2002)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £29.95

    Explores the study of space through the use of optical radio telescopes, satellites and computer modelling. Shows how astronomers use different language technologies to develop a picture of the universe....

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  10. The Other Man’s Job: The "Eyes" of the Warrior

    Date released
    28 Feb 1944
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/42; Paramount Issue No.: 1356
    NoS ID
    156697
    Story no
    2 / 2

    Manufacture of lenses. Part played by pitch in the production of lenses; polishing, cutting and trimming, checking trueness, assembly of components etc. Cementing surfaces with Canadian balsam. Telephoto...

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