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  1. John Major speech at UN Earth Summit (1992)

    Genre
    Speech

    Extract from speech by UK Prime Minister John Major, at the UN Earth Summit in Rio, Brazil on need for international cooperation to meet the challenges of environmental issues.

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  2. Helen Sharman orbits Earth (1991)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut, orbits Earth, and speaks in Russian aboard the spacecraft. Dr Gordon Brooks, a finalist in the competition won by Sherman, comments. Female reporter not identified.

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  3. Atlas Of The Earth

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    329554
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: There’s more to this atlas than maps... it sets out to satisfy our curiosity about the various forms of life on Earth, and to relate the development of the Earth and us to time and space.

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  4. Rammed Earth Renaissance, The (1998)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (NTSC, 45 minutes), $29.95

    From the beginning of history, every civilization from the Assyrians to the Zunis has used earth to create beautiful, durable, and affordable shelter. Author, engineer and earth builder David Easton hosts...

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  5. Soviet cosmonauts return to earth (1978)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the return to earth of Soviet cosmonauts Colonel Vladimir Kovalyonok and Alexander Ivanchenko after four and a half months in space on board the space station Salyut 6, breaking the endurance...

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  6. Measuring the Earth and the Moon (1989 Video)

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

    Discusses methods of measuring distances in the earth-moon system. Starts by showing a version of Eratosthenes’ experiment for measuring the earth’s radius. With the data from this experiment combined...

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  7. The Great Adventure - Gemini XI

    Date released
    22 Sep 1966
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    66/76
    NoS ID
    112228
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe News presents incredible pictures in Technicolor, taken 850 miles above Earth from Gemini XI. In this remarkable and historic film, which includes the ‘walk in space’ by Richard Gordon, Earth is...

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  8. Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Camera Eye View from a Rocket

    Date released
    28 Nov 1946
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    912A
    NoS ID
    014171
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Camera’s Eye View From a Rocket. DESCRIPTION: A camera was recently attached to an experimental V2 rocket and brought back pictures from sixty five miles up. SHOTLIST: KS V2 on...

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  9. Columbia space shuttle returns to Earth (1982)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Andrew Manderstam reports on the successful return to Earth of the Columbia space shuttle in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after their three million mile journey into orbit. Includes press statement by astronaut...

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  10. Astronaut’s View of Earth, An (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Geography; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Footage of the earth from space, including an ‘earthrise’ from the moon and a full circle of the earth taken from a space shuttle orbiting 180 miles above the earth. One can see coral reefs, entire seas,...

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