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Watch on the Channel (1979 Film, Video)

Director

K M Burtt

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the operation of the Channel Navigation Information Service (CNIS) and the role of the sponsor in providing scientific and technical support, particularly in the radar recording of ship traffic...

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Engineering the Impossible (2004)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £19.99

An exploration of the feasibility of several extraordinary engineering projects, such as a Europe to Africa bridge, a 170-storey skyscraper and floating ocean cities. The programme uses computer graphics to...

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Christmas Lectures 1977: The History of Mars (1977)

Subject

Astronomy; Science

Carl Sagan’s introduction to the Red Planet from the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures series from 1977 is streamed here by the Ri Channel as part of a collection of videos gathered under the...

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Acceptable Levels (1984)

Director

John Davies

Subject

Film studies; Media studies

A BBC film crew is interviewing a ‘typical Catholic family’ in the Divis Flats area of Belfast, when news comes in that a child, known to the family, has been hit by a stray plastic bullet fired by a...

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Channel Islands Occupied (1990 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

Presents the story of the German occupation of Guernsey and Alderney from 1940-1945, using wartime German newsreel footage and interviews with survivors. Shows German fortifications and gun emplacements, the...

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Napoleon’s Waterloo (2004)

aka: War Against Napoleon - Napoleon’s Waterloo

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £13.99

A documentary examining not only the bloody conflict between the French and Coalition armies at Waterloo in 1815, but also the intense rivalry between Napoleon and his nemesis, Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of...

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Radical Archaeology Television Parody (2007)

Director

Bradley Garrett; Adam Fish

Subject

Archaeology; Media studies

A 5-minute parody of the television series DIGGING FOR THE TRUTH, which is broadcast by the History Channel. The episode parodied is MYSTERY OF THE ANASAZI. In the light-hearted commentary, Bradley Garrett...

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Black Box (1996 Video)

Director

David Darlow; Jeremy Llewllyn-Jones

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 75 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Profiles the work of air crash investigators examining the mysteries of major air disasters, concentrating on the ‘black box’ cockpit flight recorder and looking at such factors as weather, hidden design...

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Roman War Machine, The (2 Parts) (1999 Video)

Producer

Charlie Maday

Subject

Classical studies; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 100 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 each (inclusive)

Series using dramatised re-enactments, graphics and computer animations to tell the story of the army of the Roman Empire: 1) First Our Neighbours, Then the World; 2) Roman versus Roman; 3) Roman Seige...

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Serpent River (1987 Film, Video)

Director

Sandra Lahire

Producer

Sandra Lahire

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Concerns the people of Serpent River and Elliot Lake in northern Ontario, where there is a huge uranium mining operation owned by RTZ. Shows the effects of the mine on their lives and their environment,...

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