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  1. Blown Sky High

    Date released
    9 Sep 1946
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1620
    NoS ID
    040205
    Story no
    4 / 7

    Human guinea pig shot from aircraft in test of new life-saving device.

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  2. Light Stuff, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Mark J Davis
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Tells of a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who designed and built a human-powered aircraft to recreate the mythical successful flight by Daedalus.

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  3. Reagan outlines arms proposal (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    Report on US President Ronald Reagan’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly outlining a new arms control proposal to the Soviet Union. With excerpts of speech including referral to Soviet shooting...

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  4. Limit, The (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Emma Swain
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) (each episode) 1997 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) (whole series)

    Six programmes exploring the limits of human achievement in the field of engineering, focusing on international engineers working on the toughest assignments of their careers. Asks how can we extend physical...

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  5. At the Edge (1988 Video)

    Director
    Chris Haws
    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    The modern fighter pilot is required to fly aircraft that go beyond the limits of the human body, both in terms of physical stress and information handling capability. This programme shows the selection...

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  6. Cross-Fertilization: Driverless Bus

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    153
    NoS ID
    325639
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: A concept that’s blossomed in one field will often take root in another - a form of cross-fertilisation which makes the most of a good idea. This issue looks at a few such good ideas which...

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  7. Contouring The Human Face

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    62
    NoS ID
    351096
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: A loose oxygen mask, a projected picture made up solely of lines, and a pretty girl, all add up to a brand new way of analysing shapes.

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  8. Story of an Air CommuniquÉ, The (1940 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 min.

    Made for the Ministry of Information to show how accurately the figures for destroyed enemy aircraft were compiled and checked. The film has no technical credits apart from that of the GPO Film Unit itself....

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  9. News Spotlight

    Date released
    7 Jun 1945
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    45/46
    NoS ID
    100723
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Including - First meeting of Allied War Crimes Commission at the Law Courts - Lord Wright in the chair. (Contrast is made between the orderly proceedings of the AWCC to the scenes in Milan where mob rule...

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  10. Gulf commander on war latest (1991)

    Genre
    Press conference

    Britain’s military chief in the Gulf war, Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billiere answers press questions about the Iraqi use of allied prisoners of war as human shields; Iraqi aircraft defecting to...

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