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Mars

Date released

26 Oct 1939

Series name

New Series Pictorial

Issue no

186

NoS ID

116435

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Various shots of actors dressed in costumes of different period re-enacting the historical reactions to the planet Mars.

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People and Places in the News

Date released

4 Feb 1946

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

46/10

NoS ID

100962

Story no

9 / 9

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Radar makes contact with the moon. In laboratory instruments record impulse signals as beam reflects back from planet.

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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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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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Date released

3 Aug 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/63

NoS ID

113686

Story no

6 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

The first pictures from Mars were flashed back across 60,000 miles of space - some of the secrets of the Red Planet have been revealed.

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Venus Probe

Date released

29 Oct 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/87

NoS ID

112833

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

With the great success of the Venus probe, Russian news authorities have made available to Pathe News film of the construction and testing of the equipment which beamed back to Earth the first detailed...

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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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Planets, The. Part 4: The Angry Red Planet (1985 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

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

Mars, the red planet, is historically believed to contain life because of its straight canals, seen through earlier astronomers’ telescopes. Looks at the exploration of the planet by the Mariner and Viking...

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