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News Highlights: Malaya: Air Hunt for Minerals

Date released

12 Aug 1957

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2463

NoS ID

074398

Story no

5 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Modern Alchemist, The: Earth, The Philosopher’s Stone (2012)

Subject

Chemistry; Geology

Royal Institution Christmas Lecture given by Peter Wothers on the subject of the rocks that form the planet Earth. Wothers takes as his starting point the beliefs and suppositions of the medieval alchemists...

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Southern African concerns (1981)

Genre

Interview

Interview on military action in Angola by South Africa and NATO concern over Soviet intentions in southern Africa. And on UN stance on independence in south west African countries. Male South African speaker...

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Adrian Berry on natural Antarctic resources (1982)

Genre

Interview

Science Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, Adrian Berry talks about the natural resources available in the Antarctic. Male interviewer not identified.

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Useful Robots

Date released

16 May 1968

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

699

NoS ID

122001

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: ... as they prove at Queen Mary’s College in London where some really useful robots have been built. There’s the centipede which will help the first men on the moon and a "mole" miner for...

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Strontium Lollipops!

Date released

17 Sep 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1737

NoS ID

024795

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strontium Lollipops!. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show scientists testing milk and cheese for the dangerous factor of Iodine 131. What happens if it reaches danger point? Dr Douglas Ash...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Stars Entertain Servicemen’s Children

Date released

20 Dec 1945

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

863A

NoS ID

013660

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Daily Mirror Children’s Christmas Party. DESCRIPTION: The Daily Mirror Children’s Christmas Party was for the children of men serving with the British Army of the Rhine. The kids...

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Impressions of Israel (1980)

Genre

Documentary; Interview; Music

Carol Allen visits Israel to discover the people behind the headlines, including the high inflation, interest in politics, tourism, religious life, life on the kibbutz. Speaks to: Israel correspondent Peter...

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Natural Resources in the Global Economy (2 Parts) (2011)

Subject

Engineering

In this series of debates, the Royal Academy of Engineering tackles some of the most pressing challenges that the world currently faces in relation to the demand and supply of natural resources. The series...

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Discovering Roman Britain (1981)

Director

John Webster

Producer

John Webster

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £30.00 the set

Three short programmes tell an archaeological detective story of discovery, excavation and interpretation of evidence, to reveal the workings of a great farming estate of the Roman period.

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