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Black and White Stars, The (1975 Multimedia)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 28 min.; 10 slides. b&w.

The slides are mostly diAgrammatic and include illustrations of the strength and properties of the forces of nature, stable stars, the size of heavenly objects, Laplace’s gravity, Cygnus XI, free fall...

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Whither Gravity? (1976 Multimedia)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 28 min.; 8 slides. b&w.

The slides are mostly made up of diagrams and include illustrations of the strength and properties of the forces of nature, stable stars, the size of heavenly objects, Laplace’s argument, Cygnus XI, free...

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Universe, The (1977 Film, Video)

Director

Lester Novros

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes the modern concept of the universe. A brief account of observational methods, telescopes, rockets and satellites. Shows the accretion of galaxies, the formation of stars and planetary systems, and...

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Hole in Babylon, A (1975)

Director

Horace Ové

Subject

Television studies

Television drama originally broadcast in the BBC’s Play for Today slot in 1975. Horace Ové's controversial drama isabout the Spaghetti House siege of 1975, in which a bungled robbery at a Knightsbridge...

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Journey Through Space and Time, A (1999)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £34.95

In the beginning there was no space, time, matter or light. For us time begins at zero. This film showws, through computer animation, the cosmological theory that the universe originated billions of years...

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Space (2001)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 180 minutes), £19.99

A 6-part series using state-of-the-art computer graphics to demonstrate the beautiful, astonishing and often dangerous phenomena of the Universe. Presented by Sam Neill. Individual programmes are: 1) Star...

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Moving on (1999 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Sale - see BEYOND RED, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., See: BEYOND RED

Three 8-minute films: 1) AIRPORT: A new wave of hostile nationalism is driving ethnic Germans from Kazakhstan, where they have lived for over 100 years. This film shows German families departing for Germany...

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Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics (2017)

aka: Making Sound, Using Sound

Producer

Suzy Boyles

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 2 x 60 minutes), £331.00

BBC documentary series exploring the physics of sound. In the first episode, MAKING SOUND, scientists from the University of Leicester use lasers to reveal how Big Ben vibrates and creates waves at...

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