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  1. Concorde Flies (2017)

    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary. This film explores how the progress and developments of the prototypes of Concorde influenced both the politics and the economics of the era, leading eventually to the dual nationality of the...

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  2. Recent additions to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    4 Feb 2013, 11:21
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 websites relating to   video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into   over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  3. Building Wonders (6 Parts) (2008)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering

    Some of the greatest design feats engineered by man, from the earliest monuments 5,000 years ago to the magnificence of 1960’s technology and Concord, are explored and explained by archaeologist, Julian...

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  4. 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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  5. Faster Than a Speeding Bullet (1989 Video)

    Producer
    David Barlow
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) (INCA)

    Examines the science, technology and economics of supersonic and hypersonic air transport 20 years after the first Concorde flights and 50 years after the invention of the jet engine. With various...

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  6. Triumph of Flight (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 59 min.

    Footage from British Movietone newsreels. Shows ‘Concorde’ on its inaugural flight from London to New York, the Red Arrows, the Graf Zeppelin. Also show the Vickers ‘Viscount’, de Havilland...

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  7. Sir Barnes Wallis (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life and work of Sir Barnes Wallis in the field of aviation. The film begins with his early air-ship days and then goes on to cover the R100, the Wellington Bomber and the bouncing bomb. The latter half...

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  8. Power to the People? (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Design; Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Large-scale projects such as Concorde, the nuclear power programme, the Channel Tunnel and the proposed Severn tidal barrage have at least two characteristics in common: they are publicly funded (or the...

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  9. Eclipse 73 (1974 Film)

    Director
    P Lena; J Rösch
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The solar eclipse of 30 June 1973 was observed in Africa south of the Sahara. The film sets out the nature of the work involved in mounting an eclipse expedition both on the ground and in the air. The French...

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  10. 20th Century Disasters (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Geology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Footage from British Movietone newsreels and elsewhere. Shows air, road and rail crashes, buildings collapsing, fires, floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. Air crashes include: the Hindenburg explosion,...

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