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The Story of Our Earth - Born Moon

Date released

30 Aug 1934

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

856

NoS ID

114840

Story no

4 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Astronomers tell us the Moon is just a chip of the old Earth-block, born of it soon after the earth itself was torn from the Sun. Let us see what happened on this cosmic birthday, some four billion years ago.

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

Cosmic Clips: Animations from Astronomers (1993 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 30 min., 1995 sale: US$34.95 (+p&p)

Thirteen video clips developed by astronomers as part of their research, employing supercomputer models to explore topics such as galaxy collisions, the Crab nebula pulsar, the X-ray sun, Pluto and its moon...

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10th planet discovered (1978)

Genre

News report; Discussion

Ian Ridpath reports to a studio reporter (not identified) on the theoretical discovery of 10th planet in Solar system by US astronomers. This was the result of the discovery of a moon going round Pluto...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Planets, The. Part 3: The Blue Planet (1985 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

The earth is unique among planets in the solar system. Looks briefly at the major features in the planet’s development, with a look at the significance of water in the balance of the atmosphere and of...

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Resolution on Saturn (2 Parts) (1982 Video)

Producer

Fisher Dilke

Subject

Astronomy; Space science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.

Examines the information about the planet Saturn gathered during the expedition of NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Voyager 1.

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Trip to the Moon, A (1902)

aka: Voyage Dans la Lune, Le

Director

Georges Méliès; Serge Bromberg; Eric Lange

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £15.99

The 1902 film La VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE [14 minutes] is the most famous of the many fantasy films made by Georges Méliès, using animation and special effects to tell the story of how the members of the...

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Complete Cosmos, The (5 Parts) (1998 Video)

Director

Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor

Producer

Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) each

Series of 25 10-minute programmes on space and astronomy.

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Sky at Night Series, The (2004)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml

Monthly astronomy programmes from the BBC SKY AT NIGHT series, presented by Patrick Moore, are available for free viewing online. The archive contains programmes broadcast since December 2001 and new...

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