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The Test!

Date released

21 Jan 1932

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

720

NoS ID

114134

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

What happens if a ‘plane is struck by lightning? This unique model experiment shows most strikingly just how the aircraft acts as a harmless conductor for the lightning bolt.

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Electric Skies (1994)

Director

Richard Burke

Producer

Heather Couper; Nigel Henbest

Subject

Physics

Charts the new wave of experiments and investigations into the 1800 active thunderstorms that occur on earth at any one time. Looks at ball lightning, ribbon lightning and the strange red ‘sprites’ that...

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Lightning Does Strike Twice (1983 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Describes some of the physical mechanisms responsible for electrostatic charging of a thundercloud and the subsequent precipitation and electrical discharges resulting in lightning. The role of pointed...

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Struck by Lightning

Date released

19 Sep 1960

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1633

NoS ID

023777

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: Lightning struck an oil tank in Philadelphia refinery and up went fourteen tanks of petrol. SHOTLIST: Shots of flames leaping 200 feet into the night. A bolt of...

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Ten Ton Girl

Date released

4 Mar 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2022

NoS ID

027275

Story no

1 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ten Ton Girl. DESCRIPTION: Pilot Officer Vivienne Whyer becomes the thousandth member of the Ten Ton Club, by flying a Lightning fighter at over a thousand miles an hour. SHOTLIST: MS...

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Got a Tanker for Their Tigers

Date released

12 Aug 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1888A

NoS ID

026106

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Got a Tanker for Their Tigers. DESCRIPTION: RAF Bomber Command has introduced Victor tankers for air to air refuelling of jet fighters. First to try out these flying tankers are the...

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Physics of Thunderstorms (1997 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min., 2006 sale: £34.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the latent heat of fusion and vaporization. Covers: states of water (molecular view); heat given off when water vapour condenses; even temperature of tropical climates; tropical thunderstorms;...

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For Fighter Command

Date released

27 Oct 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1534

NoS ID

022675

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: For Fighter Command. DESCRIPTION: At Farnborough, the P1B was given an appropriate name by Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Dermot Boyle. The Lightning, equipped with Firestreak...

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Lightning Fingers

Date released

21 Sep 1933

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

807

NoS ID

114573

Story no

3 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

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Lightning Chained

Date released

30 Mar 1933

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

782

NoS ID

114440

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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