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  1. Cosmos 1402 satellite out of control (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Press conference

    Report on the Soviet satellite Cosmos 1402, containing radioactive material, being found to be out of control and on possible crash landing at unpredictable location. US Staff Sergeant Ed Rascoe briefs the...

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  2. Lighter than air (1987)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special

    Lighter than Air. Documentary on airships, fifty years after the Hindenburg disaster; examines British company, Airship Industries. Interviews with Alan Birchmore, Roger Munk, Nick Greenwood, Kerry Figgis,...

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  3. Once in a lifetime (1985)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview

    Special documentary on Halley’s Comet, due to return this winter after 77 years. With accounts of seeing the comet in 1910 by Evelyn Hall(?) and Mrs Leonard Stein(?); Brian Harpur of Halley’s Comet...

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  4. Project HOTOL (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the future for project HOTOL (Horizontal Take-Off and Landing - space aircraft that could take off from normal airports) after Trade Minister Kenneth Clarke would not put any more funds into the...

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  5. God of fire from Chadderton (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary

    God of Fire from Chadderton. The first six minutes only of a documentary, presented by Tim Grundy, on the creation of the AVRO Vulcan bomber. Looks at the beginning of AVRO, how they made the Vulcan, and its...

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  6. Fly-By-Wire (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Ben Shephard
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. Betamax. col. 52 min.

    Advances in aviation technology give computers a central role in the control of modern jet aircraft. For many years military aircraft have incorporated fly-by-wire technology. The first fly-by-wire civil...

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  7. Network (1982)

    Genre
    Documentary; Drama

    Network. Part two of two broadcast today. Peter Wheeler (or Whelan?) narrates Mr Rolls and Mr Royce, written by Barry Hill for Piccadilly Radio, Manchester. The partially dramatised story of Charles Rolls...

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  8. Low Cycle Fatigue (1979 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Everitt
    Producer
    John Holloway
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Highlights the important aspect of monitoring the fatigue of an aircraft engine during its normal working life. There are two distinct halves: the first illustrates, at elementary level, engine operation in...

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  9. Our kind of town (1979)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Jingle

    Our Kind of Town, presented by Keith Howell. In this edition part 1 examines the textile industry or rag trade that was traditionally based in the area of central London between Oxford Circus and Tottenham...

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  10. After eight special (1980)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Music

    An Aeroplane in Every Garage, special edition of After Eight, produced and presented by Steve Wood. Investigates the history, development and future of general aviation in Britain, including private and...

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