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First Airship Flight to the Tropics

Date released

6 Oct 1930

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

997-2

NoS ID

133586

Story no

5 / 6

The R101 airship’s trial flight [1st October] before its intended flight to India.

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Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes (1996 Video)

Director

Peter Howell

Subject

Biology; Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

John Maynard Smith describes the way flight developed in the animal kingdom: the fossil record indicates that the long tails which stabilised the flight of the first birds evolved into shorter, less stable...

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INDIAN FLIGHT

Date other

28 Apr 1927

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

387343

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Imperial airways EBMX flight to India. Includes footage onboard plane in flight, arial views. Indian street scenes.

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Flying in Birds: An Experimental Approach (1986 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

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

Looks at pioneering work into flapping flight of birds. In Bristol University for the first time accurate measurements are being made of lift and thrust of a bird in flight. In an experiment at Cranfield...

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Two Great Flight Adventures

Date released

23 May 1927

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1400; Super Issue No.: 27/41

NoS ID

085969

Story no

7 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Disaster narrowly averted in "take off" of Flight Lieutenants Carr and Gillman’s 6 1/2 ton Hawker-Hodsley, as it leaves for India non-stop flight. [Cameraman: Cotter]. Almost simultaneously Captain...

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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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Flight Simulators and Robots (1995 Video)

Producer

David Saunders

Subject

Design; Engineering

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at how engineers can design flight simulators that simulate the movement of an airplane and yet remain stable. Compares the arrangement of links and joints used in the mechanics of a commercial flight...

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The Dornier DO-X’S Atlantic Flight

Date other

25 Sep 1930

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

384075

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: The Dornier DO-X’s Atlantic flight: preparations prior to departure, Dr. Dornier and Lady Drummond as passengers, scenes of the flight.

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Russian’s Record Flight

Date released

22 Jul 1937

Series name

Pathe Super Sound Gazette

Issue no

37/58

NoS ID

094944

Story no

6 / 11

Extras

1 film clip

Flight over North Pole.

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Mayday: Air Crash Investigations (Special Edition) (2008)

aka: Air Crash Disasters

Subject

Aviation; Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £19.99

A compelling analysis of some of the most tragic air-disasters in history. The 8 discs include: The Tenerife Air Disaster (1977); Pan Am Flight 103 (1988); TWA Flight 800 (1996); Last Hour of Flight 11...

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