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Transonic Wind Tunnel

Date released

10 May 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1405A

NoS ID

020928

Story no

9 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Transonic Wind Tunnel. DESCRIPTION: Through the combined initiative of 14 of our leading aviation companies, a transonic wind tunnel has been built near Bedford, to be used jointly by...

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Maiden Flights (2000)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £79.99

Looks at the principles of aerodynamics, using as illustration the experience of two women who take their maiden flights as helicopter pilots.

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Barry Bowles on his attempt to break the land speed record (1978)

Genre

Interview

Barry Bowles is interviewed in preparation for his attempt at the land speed record. He will drive the first British built rocket car, known as the Blonde Bombshell. He discusses the aerodynamics, the...

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Date

7 Sep 2012, 10:35

Author

Andrew Ormsby

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How to Curve a Baseball or Swing a Cricket Ball (2011)

Director

Derek Muller

Subject

Physics; Sports science

In baseball and cricket the best pitchers and bowlers know how to make the ball move due to the effects of aerodynamics. If one side of the ball is rough, the ball swings towards that side because turbulent...

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Ancient China: Ancient China: Masters of the Wind and Waves (2006)

Subject

Archaeology; Aviation; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC), $24.95

Twenty-five hundred years before modern air travel the ancient Chinese had learned the complicated principles of fluid and aerodynamics. The notion of "hard air" (air pressure) was understood by Taoist monks...

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Cranfield Teaching Loops

Date released

Oct 1966

Series name

Parade

Issue no

37

NoS ID

352549

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: The Cranfield College of Aeronautics where the science of aerodynamics and aircraft design are studied by students from many countries.

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Bernoulli’s Equation (1991 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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Spray Plane

Date released

26 Dec 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2064A

NoS ID

027686

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spray Plane. DESCRIPTION: The first plane of its kind to carry more than its own weight - Australia’s first home built crop spraying plane is a pretty unconventional bit of...

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The Artful Butterfly

Date released

1978

Series name

London Line

Issue no

574

NoS ID

326864

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: It’s a tough life for a butterfly - but for 50 million years, they’ve been adaptable enough to survive. They’ve been a motif for jewellery, an inspiration to poets and they have caused...

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