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  1. Safe Journey (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min., Free loan to aviation industry, education and companies

    Presents a brief history of commercial airlines from the first scheduled flight in 1919. Also examines the role of the Civil Aviation Authority from its inception in 1972 to the present.

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  2. Happiness in Flying (1980)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Biography of the aeroplane designer Andrei Tupolev, including archive material of early aircraft, and Chkalov’s flight in the 1930s landing in the USA.

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  3. British Aviation History: Rescue from Crashed Aircraft 1945 - 1987 (1987)

    Subject
    Aviation
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    A collection of training films featuring demonstrations of the correct way to rescue passengers and crew from crashed planes. The earliest film shows how to enter a crashed Lancaster bomber. Among other...

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  4. British Air Travel (1994 Video)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 64 min., 1994 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT)

    Using footage from British Pathé News, traces the growth of air passenger travel in Britain from its beginnings in the early part of the century with the foundation of Imperial Airways, through to the...

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  5. Airship Hindenburg, The (1936 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Scenes of the giant German airship in flight over New York during the twelve months in which it made twenty safe crossings of the Atlantic. This collection of newsreel footage concludes with Hindenburg’s...

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  6. Transport in the Region (1985 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 78 min.

    A compilation of 13 films and film extracts showing aviation, motoring, trams, trains and shipping from 1896-1957.

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  7. Cold War, Hot Jets (2013)

    Director
    Simon Winchcombe
    Producer
    Simon Winchcombe
    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £34.99

    Britain emerged from the Second World War in financial crisis, but one technological innovation provided hope for the future: a world-leading jet aviation industry. During the Cold War, the jet engine became...

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  8. Genius of the Jet (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Glyn Jones; Nicholas Jones
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In a unique interview shown for the first time, Sir Frank Whittle tells the story of his small band of engineers who, frustrated at every official turn, pursued the development of the jet engine. Tells how...

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  9. Hindenberg, The (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £9.99

    A documentary examining the Hindenberg airship disaster which happened in 1937. NASA experts re-examine the facts.

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  10. War in Spain, The (1938 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Scenes of beginning of war in villages. Aviation shots. Soup kitchens etc.

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