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  1. Bird Flight Iwf (1968 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., 1996 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Gliding, sailing and beating flight are presented as the basic types of bird flight. In animated sequences, lift and propulsion are explained. Pecularities of hovering, take-off and landing are shown for...

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  2. Bird Flight (1971 Video)

    Director
    Michael Steele
    Producer
    Hilary Fry
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 24 min.

    A description of a dissection to show the use and structure of flight muscles, etc.

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  3. Chlorostilbon Melanorhynchus ('Trochilidae’): Changes of Direction in Flight (1967 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the hummingbird ‘Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus’ hovering and changing direction in flight. The bird dives forwards, flies upwards forwards, flies upwards backwards and carries out turns. The feeding...

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  4. In-Flight Movie (1987 Video)

    Producer
    John Downer
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Looks at how and why birds fly. Using remarkable new film techniques the audience is given a ‘bird’s eye’ view of the world. Shows a goose’s perpective of flying among clouds and what a fast-flying...

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  5. Flying in Birds: An Experimental Approach (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at pioneering work into flapping flight of birds. In Bristol University for the first time accurate measurements are being made of lift and thrust of a bird in flight. In an experiment at Cranfield...

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  6. Breaths of Life (1991 Video)

    Director
    Denis W Gartside
    Producer
    Rissa de la Paz
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Animals have evolved many different methods for obtaining oxygen from their environment. This programme explores the respiratory challenges of two organisms: the water-breathing crab and the air-breathing...

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  7. From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction (2014)

    Director
    David Mrazek
    Subject
    Natural history
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 57 minutes), £27.59

    Documentary. This film reveals the story of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. For centuries, the sleek long-distance flyer was the most abundant bird in North America and perhaps the world. Then, in a...

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  8. Bird Migration in South-East England (1959 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale (Douglas Fisher), Videocassette. VHS. st. b&w. 18 min.

    A record made from work over a number of years using high-power radar. Radar echoes from aeroplanes and birds are shown, and spectacular examples given of movements at different times of year. Also shown are...

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