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RAF Adopt Invention Which Prevents Fires

Date released

31 Aug 1939

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

888

NoS ID

036845

Story no

2 / 3

Invention of retired naval officer automatically extinguishes engine blaze as soon as it starts.

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Edison: The Invention of Invention (1997 Video)

Subject

Design; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Focuses on Thomas Edison’s pioneering work on electric lighting and a host of other inventions, as an example of the total innovation process and to illustrate the range of factors behind the success of...

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Shakespeare and Literary Criticism (1999 Multimedia, Radio)

Series

In Our Time

Producer

Olivia Seligman

Radio programme. Melvyn Bragg and literary critics Harold Bloom and Jacqueline Rose discuss the enduring popular and academic appeal of Shakespeare and Bloom’s claim that personality, as we understand it...

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Auberon Waugh claims semtex benign invention (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on remarks in his right wing magazine column by journalist and author Auberon Waugh, saying Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher should retire and that semtex is a benign invention. Follows bombing of the...

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Inventions that changed the world (1985)

A series aimed at the under-16s which takes a lighthearted look at the history of invention. Amongst the subject covered are the use of metals and discovery of bronze, the inventions of modern printing, the...

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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV and Radio Programme Requests

Date

8 Nov 2013, 17:12

Author

Markeda Cole

Post Type

Post

For the week ending 1 Nov 2013 the most requested programmes from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service were: 1. THE INVENTION OF CHILDHOOD (BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA) View TRILT record For more information,...

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A Worthwhile Invention

Date released

2 Mar 1939

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

39/18

NoS ID

096907

Story no

5 / 11

Extras

1 film clip

Inventor Jack Truro tries out his own invention, a fluid which he claims will fire proof any normal woven material.

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Invention

Date released

23 Nov 1936

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

390

NoS ID

007041

Story no

7 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Invention. American Professor. DESCRIPTION: American Professor staggers humanity with brilliant idea says Brian Saveall. SHOTLIST: Shot of professor with plan and new invention. With...

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Invention

Date released

28 Sep 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1269

NoS ID

018783

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Invention - Midget Submarine. DESCRIPTION: MIDGET SUBMARINE - At Los Angeles - a new one-man submarine for the now popular sport of underwater exploration.

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Crime prevention award for Guardian Angels (1989)

Genre

Interview

Margaret Shiels interviews Dr Alec Dickson, founder of the Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), on an award being presented to the controversial Guardian Angels vigilante group who patrol London Underground....

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