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A study of the grey goose in its natural surroundings, including mating, nest building and rearing young. The latter part shows the eight geese which identified Lorenz as their ‘mother’, and their...
The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,350 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...
Looks at pioneering work into flapping flight of birds. In Bristol University for the first time accurate measurements are being made of lift and thrust of a bird in flight. In an experiment at Cranfield...
Footage from British Movietone newsreels. Shows ‘Concorde’ on its inaugural flight from London to New York, the Red Arrows, the Graf Zeppelin. Also show the Vickers ‘Viscount’, de Havilland...
For over half a century Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired filmmakers with his innovative special effects and stop-motion animation. This collection brings together a selection of his early and...
1: Polar bears searching for seals. Polar bear cubs peer out of their dens, watching their mother slipping and rolling down the mountain. A mother bear teaches her cub to stalk a seal. Male bears wrestle....
Laura Knight tells her story through radio and film interviews recorded in her lifetime; it is illustrated by her paintings. Her favourits subjects were the ballet, gypsies and the circul. During World War 2...
Looks at how and why birds fly. Using remarkable new film techniques the audience is given a ‘bird’s eye’ view of the world. Shows a goose’s perpective of flying among clouds and what a fast-flying...
Series examining the work of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, during World War 2. Uses interviews with staff and dramatic reconstructions of events. In four parts: 1) The Keys to the...
While listening to music, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, asks the questions "where do goose bumps come from?" and "what’s going on in my brain that allows the goosebumps to happen?" Levitin leads a group...
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