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Highest Flight Ever

Date released

4 Jun 1931

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

28

NoS ID

031458

Story no

3 / 5

Daring balloonists, Professor Piccard and Professor Kipfer, in Alpine village after making ten-mile altitude record. 1. Prof. Kipfer, companion of the Belgian scientist on amazing flight through space,...

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Culture Clash. Part 2: The Power Houses (1993 Television)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Television broadcast. col. 50 min.

A sobering study of the arts-science divide in post-war English secondary and higher education, and of the frustrations and disappointments experienced by many scientists in Whitehall during the 1960s and...

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Sonnet, The (2001 Multimedia, Radio)

Series

In Our Time

Producer

Charlie Taylor

Radio programme. Presenter Melvyn Bragg and guests Professor Frank Kermode, Professor/poet Phillis Levin, and Professor Jonathan Bate discuss the Sonnet and its poetic relevance. What is it about the Sonnet...

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Professor Picard in Paris [sic]

Date released

16 Jul 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

106

NoS ID

138003

Story no

5 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

The great altitude climber.

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News in Brief

Date released

13 Jul 1936

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

627

NoS ID

142512

Story no

3 / 11

Professor Piccard’s attempt to ascend to the stratosphere frustrated by bad weather at Brussels.

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Professor Piccard of Brussels Hopes to Reach a Height of Ten Miles in Specially Constructed Balloon - Germany

Date released

25 Sep 1930

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

22

NoS ID

137261

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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German Professor Learns English Football

Date released

18 Aug 1924

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

677-2

NoS ID

129572

Story no

2 / 5

A German professor trains with West Ham United football team.

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Piccard Highest Ever

Date released

22 Aug 1932

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

155

NoS ID

032208

Story no

5 / 6

10 1/2 miles up. Famous Belgian professor makes hazardous balloon ascent for scientific experiments in upper air strata.

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Eric Laithwaite

Date released

1969

Series name

The Pacemakers

Issue no

3

NoS ID

327139

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Professor Laithwaite is Professor of Heavy Electrical Engineering at Imperial College, London. Although he is experienced in all aspects of electrical engineering his speciality is linear...

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Science Looks Up and Down

Date released

3 Aug 1953

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2340

NoS ID

044517

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Super slow motion films record tests with 800 mph rockets. Toulon Bathysphere in which Professor Piccard will explore ocean bed is tested. California US Navy tests first jet-driven seaplane, the "Dart".

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