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Reports in Brief

Date released

25 Dec 1952

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2277

NoS ID

044139

Story no

4 / 8

Military authorities approve new type armour, made of nylon and plastics.

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Art of Deception, The (1988 Video)

Producer

David Barlow; Chris Haws

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Looks at military camouflage, showing methods of rendering men and machinery invisible to the enemy. Currently of interest because of the United States’ B2 STEALTH bomber, reported to be nearly undetctable...

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US-Soviet space treaty (1983)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on a US-Soviet treaty forbidding the use of space for military activity or for the positioning of nuclear weapons. Includes interview with former United States Air Force General George Keegan. Male...

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The Caesars

Date

4 Nov 2014, 09:21

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Depictions of the ancient world seem to be more prevalent that ever on television, home video and the cinema. Dr Marco Angelini of University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), looks at The Caesars (1968) and...

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I-Bomb, The (1995 Video)

Producer

Kate O’Sullivan

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Claims that the idea of information as power is becoming a political reality: knowledge has become the weaponry of the future. Addresses the link between information technology and military power, using as...

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Monitoring the Peace (1998 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the work of arms control inspectors and some of the methods and technology they use. Notes that it is now almost impossible for a nuclear test to go undetected and chemical and biological weapons...

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To Secret Rosies (2011)

aka: Rosies: The Female Computers of Wwii

Director

LeAnn Erickson

Subject

History; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.00

In 1942 soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a secret military program was launched to recruit female mathematicians who would become human ‘computers’ for the US military. Top Secret...

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Stealth: The Ultimate Profile (2000)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., £12.99 (inclusive)

Looks at the development of the Stealth aircraft from the SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest military aircraft ever, to future projects such as the F-22 Raptor and the Joint Strike Fighter. Shows footage of the...

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Fly-By-Wire (1989 Video)

Producer

Ben Shephard

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. Betamax. col. 52 min.

Advances in aviation technology give computers a central role in the control of modern jet aircraft. For many years military aircraft have incorporated fly-by-wire technology. The first fly-by-wire civil...

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My millennium (1994)

Genre

Interview; Special

My Millennium. Richard Littlejohn interviews Paddy Ashdown, British politician and leader of the Liberal Democrats. On preparing Britain for the Millennium and the political problems that need to be...

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