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In Safe Hands 1 (1990 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min., Free loan

Goes behind the scenes at London’s Heathrow Airport to show how the air traffic controllers manage the steadily growing number of flights. The controllers describe their work and demonstrate their...

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Fire Takes Flight (1993)

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 13 minutes), £34.65

Describes an investigation for the Civil Aviation Authority of the performance of cabin water-sprays for the protection of passengers in the event of fire on board an aircraft.

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Aviation History Films (2011)

Subject

Aviation

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 300 minutes), $18.49

A 3-DVD set containing a compilation of 18 films made between 1917 and 1966 illustrating the history of flight. Contents: THE EPIC OF FLIGHT (1966, 48 MIN.) A Wolper production documenting the history of...

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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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Britain’s Greatest Pilot (2017)

aka: The Extraordinary Story of Captain Winkle Brown

Subject

Aviation

TV documentary. Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown recounts his flying experiences, encounters with the Nazis and other adventures leading up to and during the Second World War. Illustrated with archive footage...

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Battle for the Skies (2007)

Subject

Aviation; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 549 minutes), £29.99

Produced with the full support and co-operation of the Royal Air Force and British Aerospace, Battle for the Skies is the definitive film history of the R.A.F. from the early days of the Air Battalion and...

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Airbus Progress Report No. 4 (1972 Film)

Director

Anthony Fewkes

Producer

Leslie Dawson

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the roll out and first flight of a new passenger aircraft in the wide body range.

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Airbus Progress Report No. 3 (1972 Film)

Director

Anthony Fewkes

Producer

Leslie Dawson

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A record of the assembly of component parts from the sponsor’s European factories. It is recommended that Reports nos. 2 and 3 be viewed together.

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Hindenberg, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1998 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Traces the history of the luxurious ‘Hindenberg’ airship from its conception and construction to its untimely end in 1937. Includes the broadcast transmitted live by an American journalist in Lakehurst,...

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Faster Than a Speeding Bullet (1989 Video)

Producer

David Barlow

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) (INCA)

Examines the science, technology and economics of supersonic and hypersonic air transport 20 years after the first Concorde flights and 50 years after the invention of the jet engine. With various...

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