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  1. Wings: The Jet Age (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Bucknall
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min.

    Traces the history of manned flight from the earliest attempts to the modern supersonic jet aircraft, concentrating on the jet aircraft, which became operational by 1945. Follows the rapid development in...

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  2. David Samuelson (1924-2015)

    Date
    2 Nov 2015, 13:32
    Author
    Linda
    Post Type
    Post

    David Samuelson, one of the few surviving British newsreel cameramen, passed away on 28th October at the age of 91. He joined British Movietone News as a projectionist in 1941 progressing through the cutting...

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  3. 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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  4. Spitfire (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Brian Johnson
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) (retail)

    Examines the creation of the legend surrounding the Spitfire aircraft. It is a legend that Churchill fostered but which is not entirely true.

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  5. Please Construct...(Airbus A300) (1979 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Report on the development and assembly of the European Airbus A300, a wide-bodied, short- and medium-range aircraft.

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  6. High Speed Flight (Simplified Version) (1960)

    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A compilation made from the three films in the HIGH SPEED FLIGHT series, illustrating the behaviour of airflow at speeds approaching, around, and beyond that of sound: the effects of airflow behaviour on...

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  7. Design for Profit (1981 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Appraises the many factors that need to be considered in the design of a modern airliner. Emphasises the need for the vehicle to make an operating profit and the consequent dependence of fast turnaround,...

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  8. Airbus Progress Report No. 4 (1972 Film)

    Director
    Anthony Fewkes
    Producer
    Leslie Dawson
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the roll out and first flight of a new passenger aircraft in the wide body range.

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  9. Light Stuff, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Mark J Davis
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Tells of a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who designed and built a human-powered aircraft to recreate the mythical successful flight by Daedalus.

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  10. 21st Century Jet (1992 Video)

    Director
    Karl Sabbagh
    Producer
    Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    The programme is about the Boeing 777, the world’s newest jet airliner, designed entirely in the memory store of a network of computers. The programme is following the design, construction and testing of...

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