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  1. Reports: Altitude record won for Britain

    Date released
    1 Oct 1936
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    382A
    NoS ID
    006875
    Story no
    3 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Altitude Record Won for Britain. SHOTLIST: The pilots standing beside plane. Looking over details on map. Being garbed in special gear. Entering plane. Plane taking off past camera. In...

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  2. Man at High Altitude (1977 Film)

    Director
    D A Heath
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows how a man acclimatizes and how many animal species adapt to high altitude. Looks at the body build of the Quechua Indians and at their biologically successful life in the Andes, contrasted with the...

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  3. The night is young (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; News bulletin; Music; Advertisement; Trailer

    Gill Pyrah interviews Julian Nott on The Night is Young show. He is to set out to circle the globe in 18 days in a hot air balloon. The balloon is the first of it’s kind with a pressurised cabin, needed...

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  4. Ocean Sound This Week No.48: Programme 48 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

    OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 48 Programme 48 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 20 September 1987. Presented by GUY HORNSBY....

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  5. Duffy meets Chris Bonnington (1983)

    An interview with Sir Chris Bonnington, a climber experienced in high-altitude expeditions. He talks about his latest book ‘Everest with Unclimbed Ridge’.

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  6. New Altitude Record

    Date released
    2 Sep 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1474
    NoS ID
    021896
    Story no
    4 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Altitude Record. DESCRIPTION: It was a Canberra that set the new World aircraft altitude record of 13 miles. The pilot was Mike Randrup. Flying with Mr Randrup was Engineer, Mr Walter...

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  7. Earth Resources Rocket

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    325505
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Britain’s ‘Blue Streak’ rocket has been adapted for high altitude photographic survey work. It’s a unique system that can reach nearly the altitude and coverage of a satellite, yet...

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  8. Trading Societies of Western Nepal (1972 Film)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 53 minutes), £50.00

    Discusses the traditional trans-Himalayan trade links the relatively low-altitude, grain-growing regions of Nepal with high-altitude Tibet, the traditional source of most of the salt and wool imported by...

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  9. Into Thin Air (2005)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Sports science

    This programme looks at the physical and mental effects that high altitude has on the body of climbers. Tim Malyon investigates the psychological drive, the physiological consequences and the payoffs of...

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  10. Meteor Altitude Record

    Date released
    10 Sep 1951
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    1845
    NoS ID
    069435
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

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