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  1. Wot! No Gravity

    Date released
    19 May 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1511
    NoS ID
    022391
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Space Test (Wot! No Gravity). DESCRIPTION: A report came from Texas; of an experiment, by the US Air Force School of Aviation Medicine. It’s the study of weightlessness: The Jet Plane...

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  2. Under the Volcano (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 72 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how absolute, static and dynamic gravity surveys are carried out in the field. The volcanoes studied include Poas in Costa Rica and Etna in Sicily.

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  3. Broadcasting Live ... From Space

    Date
    29 Oct 2015, 08:21
    Author
    Ben Hodson
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    In March 2014 Channel 4 promised to let viewers share live the experience of being an astronaut on the International Space Station. Dr Michael Allen, Birkbeck, University of London, considers the perils and...

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  4. What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity? (2008)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    Particle physicist Dr. Brian Cox believes that the answer to the meaning of the universe lies in gravity. Both Einstein and Newton believed that gravity was powered by God. On a road trip across the USA,...

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  5. Gravity Nowhere

    Date released
    26 Nov 1931
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    78
    NoS ID
    031750
    Story no
    6 / 6

    Up, down and round. Paramount News cameraman dares dizzy trip in earth, sky and skyscraper mix-up. 1. The work of a crank. The airsick cameraman turns the crank for fleeting scenes of a topsy-turvy world.

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  6. Motion: Newton’s Laws (1989 Video)

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

    Attempts to discover why Newton’s laws of motion are not normally observed directly on earth, even though they appear to work in an orbiting space station, for example Skylab. To minimise the effects of...

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  7. The Lighter Side - Balloon Man

    Date released
    21 Oct 1954
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1324A
    NoS ID
    019608
    Story no
    7 / 10

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Balloon Man. DESCRIPTION: In New York City, Garret Chapman attempts to defy the Law of Gravity with the aid of balloons. SHOTLIST: CU of balloons. Garret Chapman in the basket. Emptying...

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  8. Plants and the Earth’s Gravity (1974 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Stop-motion techniques are used to show the germination of a bean. Shows the effect of removal of the root tip. Discusses theories of plant growth, and describes the behaviour of plants in space.

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  9. Horticulture - Gardening On A Grand Scale: Deep Water Plants

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    231
    NoS ID
    325960
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: The soil beneath our feet; dirt; earth it’s commonly called. In actual fact it’s a complex microbiological structure that man must nurture and maintain to achieve the food and beauty that...

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  10. Wonders of Life (2013)

    Producer
    Gideon Bradshaw; Michael Lachmann; Paul Olding; Stephen Cooter
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 293 minutes), £19.99

    This series reveals how, 3.7 billion years ago, a few fundamental laws gave birth to the most complex, diverse and unique force in the universe - life. Light, gravity, time, matter and energy are the...

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