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  1. Bleriot Flies Again

    Date released
    1 Aug 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2548
    NoS ID
    045965
    Story no
    6 / 7

    Using replica of historic plane French aviator flies Channel.

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  2. Tsetse Fly Control (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

    One method of reducing the menace of trypanosomiasis to man and animals in Africa is to control the tsetse fly vector. The spraying of insecticide from aircraft or by teams on the ground is effective but...

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  3. Peter Brook (1966 Radio)

    Series
    Voices
    Producer
    Gerald Pratley

    Radio talk series. Presenter Gerald Pratley gives an introduction to Peter Brook’s career. There are extracts from a lecture Brook gave in Paris on the aesthetics of cinema and theatre speaking of the...

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  4. Investigating Heredity (2000 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Explores aspects of heredity, covering topics such as Mendel’s pea plant experiments and the principles of heredity; chromosonal inheritance illustrated by Walter Sutton and Thomas Morgan experiments on...

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  5. Science Shack: Walking on the Ceiling (2001)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £145.00 +VAT +p&p

    In this edition of the science series, Adam Hart-Davis and an Australian team investigate the fly’s ability to walk upside down on the ceiling. The programme features the first-ever film to capture flies...

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  6. Brabazon Flies First Passengers over London

    Date released
    30 Jul 1951
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2130
    NoS ID
    043175
    Story no
    1 / 6

    World’s biggest airliner flies with Lord Brabazon, Minister of Supply, and other VIPs, giving foretaste of future flying comfort.

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  7. Drosophila: Biology and Behaviour of Hawaiian Picture Wings (1991 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The biology and behaviour of Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, - the so-called ‘picture-wings’ - showing the life cycle and male-male and male-female interactions. Discusses a natural fungicide that is a...

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  8. Britain’s First Civic ‘Drome

    Date released
    25 Apr 1929
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    922-1
    NoS ID
    132639
    Story no
    3 / 6

    [SUBTITLE]: "The Lord Mayor of Manchester flies to London to receive municipal air port license from the Air Minister." RN Barclay, Lord Mayor of Manchester, flies to London.

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  9. Chlorostilbon Melanorhynchus ('Trochilidae’): Changes of Direction in Flight (1967 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the hummingbird ‘Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus’ hovering and changing direction in flight. The bird dives forwards, flies upwards forwards, flies upwards backwards and carries out turns. The feeding...

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  10. Sexual Selection and Speciation: Behaviour Studies on Hawaiian Picture Wings and Their Potential in a Med Fly Eradication Program (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the factors for new species formation, using as the example the Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, the so-called ‘picture-wings’. Considers the biological control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in...

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