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Listen to an Expert in Earthquakes

Date released

11 Jun 1931

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

105A

NoS ID

003052

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Listen to An Expert in Earthquakes. DESCRIPTION: Mr JJ Shaw who is an expert on seismology, goes on record that Britain is off the shake line. SHOTLIST: CU shot of Mr Shaw speaking on...

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Earthquakes: Predicting the Big One (2002)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £29.95

Gives an overview of the destructive forces unleashed by earthquakes. Examines the geological forces at work in causing earthquakes. Plate tectonics theory, types of faults, and seismic waves are illustrated.

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Sadaaki Numata on predicting earthquakes in Japan (1995)

Genre

Interview

Sadaaki Numata, acting as Ambassador of Japan to Britain, on the measures taken to prepare for earthquakes, predicting earthquakes, and being caught by surprise with the Kobe earthquake.

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California dreamin!: a look at American radio [Part 3] (1989)

Series on radio in Los Angeles. This episode focuses on broadcast radio in times of extreme weather and earthquakes. Part 3

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Date

28 Jun 2013, 09:51

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

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The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes nearly 1,400 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new...

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Foretell Earthquakes

Date released

29 Jul 1935

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

461

NoS ID

034008

Story no

5 / 6

Young professor amazes scientists by predicting earthquakes. Reuben Greenspan explains theory.

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Earthquake Below (1975 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min.

Looks at how an earthquake shattered San Francisco in 1906 and a more recent earthquake in suburban Los Angeles. Also looks at the causes of earthquakes and at fault systems. Examines the attempts by NASA to...

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What Causes Earthquakes? (1993 Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

Shows how the Richter scale is used to describe the strength of seismic activity, and how seismic waves originate from a focus to travel through the earth’s crust. Discusses plate tectonics and their...

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Tomorrow’s Quake: Earthquake Prediction (1977 Film, Video)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Covers many aspects of earthquakes: plate tectonics, the San Andreas fault, earthquake mechanics, seismographs, P and S waves, seismic velocity changes, tiltmeters, ground elevation, water wells, strange...

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Revolution in Earthquake Engineering Research, A: The Nees Collaboratory (2007)

Subject

Earth Science

This video looks at NEES - the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation - as it strives to improve understanding of earthquakes and their effects. [26 minutes]

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