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  1. 1957 - The Year of the Rocket

    Date released
    30 Dec 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1491
    NoS ID
    022111
    Story no
    1 / 1

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Year of the Rocket News Review of 1957. SHOTLIST: A round up of 1957 highlights - the year of the beginning of man’s inter-planetary adventures. Shots of Mr Eisenhower & Mr Nixon....

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  2. Planets, The (Cd-Rom) 2 (1994 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Based on the book ‘Planetary Worlds’ by David Morrisson of NASA, the programme allows the user to view the solar system from any part of earth, visit a virtual museum of planet galleries, view 60 space...

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  3. New entries on the Moving Image Gateway

    Date
    10 Dec 2014, 08:58
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,600 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  4. Mapping the Milky Way (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Tracks a hundred years of science in exploring the science and technology that has been used to study the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way. Shows optical studies, radio astronomy, infrared astronomy...

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  5. Earth and Sky (2 Parts) (1958 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Discusses the changing conceptions of the planetary system and the heavens. Part 1 shows how early thinking in Babylonia and Greece led up to the world picture of medieval Europe. Part 2 explains how between...

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  6. Sts-61: Mission Highlights (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 120 min., 1995 sale: £18.50 (+VAT +p&p)

    The STS-61 mission of the space shuttle ‘Endeavour’ launched on 2 December 1993. This 11-day flight was to include the repair of the faulty Hubble Space Telescope. Major elements included changing the...

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  7. I Will See Such Things (1986 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The discovery of Uranus in 1781 by William Herschel is compared with discoveries by Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 of additional moons for the outer planets, especially Uranus. Shows photographs of the moon and the...

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  8. Good Seeing (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the new generation of large ground-based optical telescopes which will use lasers and flexible mirrors to compensate for atmospheric distortions and improve the ‘seeing’ from earth. In...

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  9. Cosmic Recycling (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the birth and death of stars and the interstellar matter that keeps the whole cosmic cycle turning. Infrared astronomy has revealed previously hidden details of starbirth behind dust clouds....

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  10. S281 Videocassette 2 (199 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF COURSE MATERIALS, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 57 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Support video for course S281.

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