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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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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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Precise Giants (1981 Film, Video)

Director

Ted Poulter

Producer

Mike Capon

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses big earth-station antennas for transmitting and receiving. Deals with different antennas, accuracy demands, weather effects and manufacturing. Includes footage of Richard Dimbleby commentating on...

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Satellite Communications (1987 Video)

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min. Teachers’ and students’ notes supplied

Looks at satellite communications from Marconi’s pioneering work with radio waves to Arthur C Clarke’s vision of worldwide communication using geostationary satellites, to Intelsat VI. Other topics...

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Mir Mortals (1998 Video)

Producer

Jill Fullerton-Smith

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tells the story of four men who orbited the earth in 1997 on board the ill-fated space station ‘Mir’. With both the future of manned space flight and their lives in balance, the astronauths and...

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Space (13 Parts) (1997 Video)

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 60 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 each part (inclusive)

A series investigating the universe using video recordings taken from space. Filmed by astronaut Claude Nicollier, with contributions from scientists and experts at the European Space Agency. 1: Images of...

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Mysteries of Space (2008)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 158 minutes), £19.99

A two-volume collection of vintage US documentaries on the origins of the universe and space exploration, featuring distinguished scientists and guest narrators. Films comprise: Disc 1 A View of the Sky -...

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Esa DVD Lesson Series

aka: European Space Agency Lesson Series

Subject

Space science

Four video lessons produced by the European Space Agency. The lessons focus on explaining basic scientific concepts and showing the difference between being on Earth and in space. All videos are now...

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Radio Broadcast History Films DVD (2007)

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 180 minutes), $9.99

A collection of archival films relating to the history of radio broadcasting.

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Networked Living (2007)

Subject

Information technology; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-ROM), £39.99

This DVD-ROM contains software and resources relating to the Communication & Identity, Entertainment & Information, and Health, Transport & Government blocks of the Open University Networked Living course....

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