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The Mountain Railway Between Chamonix and Montroc-Le-Planet is Open

Date released

5 Feb 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

60

NoS ID

137593

Story no

4 / 7

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Frozen Planet (2011)

Subject

Biology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 420 minutes), £29.99

The team behind the award-winning nature series PLANET EARTH and BLUE PLANET set their sights on the greatest wildernesses on Earth, the Arctic and Antarctica. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, the seven...

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Forbidden Planet (1956 Film, Video)

Director

Fred Wilcox

Producer

Nicholas Nayfack

Science fiction story with a plot derived from The Tempest. In the year 2257, a distant star has three inhabitants - Professor Morbius (Prospero), his daughter Altaira (Miranda), and Robby the Robot (Ariel)....

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Greenwich Observatory

Date released

28 Oct 1926

Series name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue no

52

NoS ID

047668

Story no

4 / 8

Slade catalogue entry: A message from Mars: At Greenwich observatory a keen lookout is being kept for a Martian sign, the planet is a mere 42m miles away.

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Star Turns Star Gazer

Date released

10 Aug 1933

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

256

NoS ID

032782

Story no

3 / 6

Will Hay discovers spot on Saturn. "School-master comedian" tells how he located white blemish on planet.

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Truth About Climate Change, The (2008)

aka: Are Changing Planet Earth?/ Can we Save Planet Earth?

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 120 minutes), £15.99

A two-part television documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough who explores just how far climate change is altering our planet, from drought-stricken rainforest to declining polar bears, from flooded...

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Earth: Power of the Planet (2007)

Subject

Biology; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £19.99

This landmark series uses specialist imaging and compelling narrative to tell the life story of our planet, how it works, and what makes it so special. Examining the great forces that shape the Earth -...

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Mars Nearer the Earth Than for 100 Years

Date released

28 Aug 1924

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

679-1

NoS ID

129584

Story no

1 / 3

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "Greenwich Observatory keeps a calm official eye on the ‘Red Planet’." Technician sits down to look through giant telescope. 2ND SUBTITLE]: "The Editor of ‘Popular Wireless’ listens...

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Planet Mars: The Red Planet (1997 Video)

Subject

Space science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

NASA pictures from the Viking space probe, launched in 1975. Shows the volcanoes and frozen polar regions of Mars, and shows how information about Mars is valuable in measuring the earth’s evolution....

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Red Planet, The (1977 Video)

Subject

Astronomy; Space science

Distribution

REFERENCE ONLY, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 55 min.

In 1976 two American Viking landing craft, equipped with cameras and a miniature biological laboratory, touched down on the planet Mars. An inhospitable world was revealed: cold dry, and periodically swept...

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