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  1. Getting the Bird

    Date released
    Nov 1937
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    45
    NoS ID
    349059
    Story no
    2 / 5

    NoS synopsis: the work of the Retail Trading Standards Association testing samples of material for strength and wearing qualities

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  2. Cosmology Before Newton (1980 Video)

    Producer
    David Hoyle
    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.

    Explains the background to Newton’s ‘Principia’ of 1687 and looks at the developments in cosmological science during the 17th century. Following the observational and mathematical work of Copernicus,...

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  3. Projects with Vela (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 18 min.

    Demonstrates a number of different projects in physics, chemistry and biology which make use of VELA.

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  4. It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow1 (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Media studies; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    1870-1950 is a period characterised by a succession of innovations with remarkable effects in everyday life from new sources of power, new modes of transport, new clinical techniques to a great leisure...

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  5. Lord Kelvin’s Clock (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.

    About thermodynamics and the irreversibility of time. Deals with Kelvin’s attempts to establish scientifically the age of the earth. Shows the importance of steam power to 19th-century science and...

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  6. New Perspectives on Space (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Explains the mission of the British National Space Centre (BNSC) of focusing British space activities, to help understand and protect the environment, develop commercial application of space communication...

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  7. Constructive Learning (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Patti Langton
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Traditional secondary science teaching sees the child as an empty vessel to be filled with scientific concepts. The Children’s Learning in Science Project (CLISP) aims to begin with the children’s own...

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  8. Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives (2017)

    Subject
    Physics; Science
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the science of gravity in this 90 minute programme.

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  9. Acid Politics (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 48 min.

    Acid rain was perhaps the most notorious pollutant of the 1980s. This programme looks back on the acid rain debate of that period and examines the roles played by government, by scientists and by...

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  10. Going Downhill Fast (1990 Video)

    Director
    Andy Fairgrieve
    Producer
    Andy Fairgrieve
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    The programme explores the world of speed skiing, a winter sport equivalent of dragster racing. The difference is that the only motor power available is the slope of the hill.This programme examines the...

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