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  1. Pollution Solution, The (1976 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Considers the surveillance and monitoring capabilities of earth orbiting satellites using acid waste pollution as a case study. Discusses the use of LANDSAT for information in reclaiming land after...

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  2. Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests

    Date
    8 Dec 2010, 13:31
    Author
    Markeda Cole
    Post Type
    Post

    For the week ending 3rd December 2010 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include dissections on the state of law and order in the UK today as well as the racial make-up of...

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  3. Darkness Visible (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

    The science of x-ray astronomy in which pioneers recall early experiments, evaluate progress made and look forward, with misgivings, to a future in which financial stringency may mean that rockets and...

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  4. Portrait of Earth (1980 Film)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A study of satellites from Echo and Early Bird through ERTS, Navsats, Weather Sats to Landsat and Satellite Business Systems. Shows the effort put into the weather study of the earth and ends with a review...

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  5. How Low Can You Go? (Part 2) (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Nick Brenton
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the technology required to achieve high vacuums. Shows a large chamber at NASA/JPL which is regularly evacuated for the testing of satellites and their components before they are launched into...

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  6. Oceans and Climates (1989)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    In late 1982 a surge of warm water swept across the surface of the Pacific depressing the nutrient rich upwelling water of Peru and causing the already over-fished anchovy fishery to collapse completely....

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  7. Guest Speaker

    Date
    20 Sep 2017, 14:49
    Author
    Alex Morris
    Post Type
    Page

    We're delighted to announce Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock as our guest speaker for the Learning on Screen Awards 2017. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a...

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  8. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock to present Learning on Screen Awards

    Date
    24 Nov 2016, 11:46
    Author
    Alex Morris
    Post Type
    Post

    We're delighted to announce Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock as our guest speaker for the Learning on Screen Awards 2017. Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a...

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  9. UPITN's Operation in the 1970s

    Date
    4 Jul 2013, 17:59
    Author
    Gabriel Hernandez
    Post Type
    Page

    The UPITN television news agency operated on a global level in the 1970s. Cameramen, most of them on a freelance contract, were stationed in UPI bureaus dotted all around the world. 16mm film cameras were...

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  10. Live from the Moon: Film, Television and the Space Race

    Date
    12 Dec 2011, 11:02
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    By Michael Allen (IB Tauris, 2009). 240 pages. ISBN: 978-1845111700 (Paperback), £16.99; ISBN: 978-1845111694 (Hardback), £56 About the author: Dr Kate O’Riordan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of...

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