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  1. A Glass Wonderland

    Date released
    19 Aug 1940
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    542
    NoS ID
    124576
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The curator of the New York Marine Museum is experimenting with a new method of copying the tiny living creatures found in a drop of pond water, and with the aid of a powerful microscope, and a skilled...

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  2. Muscular Contraction Under the Microscope (1964 Film)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows original research by Nobel Laureaute Professor A F Huxley and his collaborators on the features of muscle contraction particularly relating to the sliding-filament theory. Experiments are on Professor...

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  3. Common Cold Research

    Date released
    24 Dec 1973
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2325
    NoS ID
    030178
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Common Cold Research. DESCRIPTION: The Common Cold Research Unit at Harvard Hospital, Salisbury. SHOTLIST: CU large sign ‘Common Cold Unit Harvard Hospital’. SV pan mini coach...

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  4. Hydrates Under the Heat Microscope (1954 Film)

    Director
    Adelheid Kofler
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The phenomena to be observed on heating hydrates in air and in paraffin oil are demonstrated on Dr Kofler’s special heat-bench microscope. Most hydrates are shown to behave thermodynamically as...

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  5. Preparation of Biological Materials for the Electron Microscope: Ultra-Thin Sectioning (1973 Multimedia, Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 22 min. Audiocassette. 15 min.; 75 slides. col.

    Shows the techniques used to produce ultra-thin sections of zoological material for observation under the electron microscope. The techniques demonstrated include dehydration, setting in epoxy resin, the use...

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  6. A-Tishoo

    Date released
    1 Feb 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1600
    NoS ID
    023439
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A-Tishoo!. DESCRIPTION: What a curse, the common cold! But, with the aid of over 6,000 human guinea-pigs, the Ministry of Health’s been carrying on a relentless hunt for the cure....

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  7. Introduction to Electron Microscopy for Biologists, An (1976 Film)

    Director
    Peter H Coltman
    Producer
    Peter H Coltman
    Subject
    Biology; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the transmission electron microscope both as an instrument and as a diagnostic aid. Deals with the component parts of the microscope and some of its aberrations, follows on with routine preparative...

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  8. How New Science is Transforming the Optical Microscope (2012)

    Subject
    Biology; Physics; Technology

    Video recording of the 2012 Leeuwenhoek Lecture given at the Royal Society on 13 February 2012 by Dr Brad Amos. There are two rules for making an optical microscope: the lenses must be small, since defects...

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  9. Imaging a Hidden World: The Light Microscope (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

    Looks at aspects of light microscope optics, illustrating the effects of the magnification achieved by different objective lenses, the roles of the condenser and iris diaphragm in improving resolution,...

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  10. What Every Woman Wants to Know - The Inside Story of Your Hair

    Date released
    30 Oct 1924
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    178
    NoS ID
    331149
    Story no
    2 / 4

    Pathe Intertitles - "Some women have straight hair; others are blessed with natural curls. Why?" "Scientists have found out the secret. In the laboratory ..." "The hair expert has a straight hair that he’s...

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