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  1. Bill Becker on Voyager space mission (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Bill Becker of Jet Lab (Jet Propulsion Laboratory?), on the problems experienced by Voyager 2 and the delay of the Voyager 1 launch. Voyager 2 is however now on course for Jupiter and will soon lock up on...

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  2. Hunt for the Doomsday Asteroid (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Tim Haines
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the thousands of asteroids orbiting the sun that are on a potential collision course ith earth. A warning of a possible disaster was given when a huge comet the size of Australia smashed into...

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  3. 400 Years of the Telescope (2009)

    Director
    Kris Koenig
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    A documentary tracing the history of the telescope from the days of Copernicus to recent findings from the Hubble Telescope. The film begins in 17th century Florence, Italy, with Galileo training his...

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  4. On the Word of a Women!

    Date released
    1 Jan 1931
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    500
    NoS ID
    332619
    Story no
    1 / 6

    NoS synopsis: "In far-off Persia, where over 2000 years ago the Great City of Persepolis became a ruin at the word of a woman." L/S of man walking through what looks like ruins of an ancient settlement. M/S...

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  5. Planets, The 1 (1976 Video)

    Producer
    Edward Goldwyn
    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.

    Discusses developments in space exploration, including American and Russian flights to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter. Geological features on these planets and on the moon give clues as to how...

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  6. Complete Cosmos, The (5 Parts) (1998 Video)

    Director
    Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor
    Producer
    Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor
    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) each

    Series of 25 10-minute programmes on space and astronomy.

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  7. Colour: Man Powered Flight

    Date released
    23 Mar 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2233A
    NoS ID
    029310
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Man Powered Flight - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: At the RAF station Benson, ‘Jupiter’ a man-powered aircraft ‘piloted’ by Flt Lt John Potter - but not for long - and no bones...

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  8. 'Copter Crash

    Date released
    24 May 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2190
    NoS ID
    028853
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ‘Copter Crash. DESCRIPTION: A NATO exercise off Dorset which ended in disaster for news photographers aboard a Wessex helicopter. It plunged into the sea and sank within seconds,...

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  9. The ‘Explorer’ in Orbit

    Date released
    6 Feb 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1496A
    NoS ID
    022199
    Story no
    7 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Explorer in Orbit. DESCRIPTION: Cape Canaveral, Florida, and a final check-up for the seventy-foot Jupiter C about to put the Explorer into orbit round the Earth. Then, after an...

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  10. From Earth to Miranda (1990 Video)

    Director
    Fisher Dilke
    Producer
    Judith Bunting
    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the two Voyager spacecraft to Neptune, launched by NASA in 1977. Chronicles Voyager’s discoveries as it travels throughout the solar system. Features highlights from several earlier HORIZON...

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