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  1. 12 Miles High!

    Date released
    9 Oct 1933
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    33/81
    NoS ID
    090873
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Soviet pilots and scientists reach higher altitude than has ever been attained before, in giant stratospheric balloon "USSR".

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  2. High Altitude Raids Cause Little Damage

    Date released
    27 Jun 1940
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    973
    NoS ID
    037337
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Enemy bombers make widespread raids from north east to south west without damaging military objectives.

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  3. Any Risk for a Thrill

    Date released
    26 Jan 1948
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1764
    NoS ID
    040895
    Story no
    3 / 6

    Nerves of steel has this high altitude acrobat whose stage is a building in Brussels. His cool courage can perhaps only be matched by his circus counterpart.

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  4. Earth Resources Rocket

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    117
    NoS ID
    329553
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Britain’s ‘Blue Streak’ rocket has been adapted for high altitude photographic survey work. It’s a unique system that can reach nearly the altitude and coverage of a satellite, yet...

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  5. Mrs Markham Back

    Date released
    1 Oct 1936
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    650
    NoS ID
    142728
    Story no
    8 / 8

    Home after great trans-Atlantic flight - also Richman and Merrill welcomed in New York. Squadron Leader Swain breaks high altitude record. The Johannesburg Race.

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  6. The Super Weapon. Radio-Guided Rocket - First Pictures

    Date released
    1 Oct 1951
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2148
    NoS ID
    043298
    Story no
    2 / 9

    American official pictures for first time of radio-controlled, atom-carrying rocket. Remarkable pictures at high altitude show automatic weapon passing fastest US fighter, Sabre jet.

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  7. Breathing Deeply (1993)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 24 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    On a rain-swept Welsh mountainside members of the 1994 British Mount Everest Medical Expedition test their physiological monitoring equipment. Having retreated to the dry, the doctors describe the...

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  8. Action of the Sun (1950 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A classified selection of types of solar prominences. Made at the High Altitude Observatory of the Universities of Harvard and Colorado.

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  9. The 1968 High Altitude Olympics

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    37
    NoS ID
    350241
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Michael Smee joins Britain’s Olympic hopefuls as they undergo specialised training under medical supervision in preparation for their 7,000 foot October walking challenge. Dr Griff Pugh...

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  10. First Stratosphere Raid by Flying Fortresses

    Date released
    31 Jul 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/61
    NoS ID
    098928
    Story no
    7 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    RAF crews make flying history as they prepare to make the first stratosphere bombing attack in actual warfare. Clothed in high-altitude flying kit, they are about to ascend into the rarified atmosphere. The...

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