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The solar eclipse of 8th April from Greenwich Observatory.
Describes the birth and death of stars. Filmed at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, and at the Department of Astrophysics at Oxford University.
Twelve 12-minute programmes. 1: A ride into space. 2: Venus and Mercury. 3: Earth and Mars. 4: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. 5: Orian and related bodies. 6: Includes footage of a total eclipse of the sun. 7: A...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stairway to the Stars. DESCRIPTION: The largest Telescope in Europe, at the Royal Observatory, Herstmonceux, will give Astronomers a closer look at the mysteries of space. SHOTLIST: CU...
Special documentary on Halley’s Comet, due to return this winter after 77 years. With accounts of seeing the comet in 1910 by Evelyn Hall(?) and Mrs Leonard Stein(?); Brian Harpur of Halley’s Comet...
Describes the various scientific groups that began to form in 17th-century England: at Gresham College, London, in 1645 and in Oxford in 1657, culminating with the founding of the Royal Society in 1660....
Adaptation of the Daba Sobel book telling the story of 18th-century clockmaker John Harrison’s attempts to build a chronometer, and the parallel story of Rupert Gould, who in the late 19th century...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Time on Their Hands. DESCRIPTION: Commuters and British Rail sometimes have slight differences about time, but its the job of these men at Reading to at least keep the hands of time...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heritage Year. DESCRIPTION: In European Heritage Year - a New UN Building in Vienna - and a New Olympia Ice Rink in Seefeld. In Great Britain, under the Chairmanship of the Duke of...
[caption id="attachment_29106" align="aligncenter" width="510"] SLEEPING LIONS, Libra Television Ltd & David & Goliath. Director: David Barnes, Producer: Louise Lynch.[/caption] ...
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