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  1. Margaret Thatcher on lack of information on Chernobyl (1986)

    Genre
    Speech

    UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher on the Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union. She compares the USSR with the USA, which immediately disclosed information following the Challenger space shuttle...

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  2. Sts-59: Mission Highlights (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 59 min., 1995 sale: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Space shuttle mission STS-59, and it experiment SRL-1, the first flight of the Space Radar Laboratory. To study the earth’s surface with this instrument package, ‘Endeavour’ was required to make more...

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  3. Messages from Apollo 8 (1987)

    Genre
    Special

    Archive clip of Bill Anders speaking from the Apollo 8 space shuttle describing their view of the Earth; astronaut James Lovell on the view of the Moon; astronaut also quotes from Genesis in the Bible and...

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  4. Mysteries of Space (2008)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 158 minutes), £19.99

    A two-volume collection of vintage US documentaries on the origins of the universe and space exploration, featuring distinguished scientists and guest narrators. Films comprise: Disc 1 A View of the Sky -...

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  5. Into Orbit (1991 Video)

    Director
    Ken Wrench
    Producer
    Ken Wrench
    Subject
    Engineering; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Video master: 1 C format Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

    Shows: the contrasts between scientific fact and the predictions of science fiction. Features of the earth and its atmosphere. Circular orbits and escape conditions. Rocket technology: specific impulse,...

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  6. HMS Bulwark to the Rescue

    Date released
    22 Sep 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1529
    NoS ID
    022615
    Story no
    6 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HMS Bulwark to the Rescue. DESCRIPTION: The British Aircraft Carrier Bulwark went to the rescue of tanker crews in distress in the Gulf of Oman. Her helicopters had a leading part to...

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  7. Health and Safety DVD Collection (2010)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Health & safety
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £999.00

    A collection of ten health and safety films. 1. TAKING LIBERTIES: A FATAL ERROR. In 1989 a British Midland plane crashed into the embankment of the M1 near Kegworth in Leicestershire with the loss of 47...

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  8. Challenger astronauts’ memorial service (1986)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    US President Ronald Reagan gives a eulogy at a memorial service (held in the grounds of the Johnson Space Center in Houston) for the seven astronauts killed in the Challenger space shuttle disaster...

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  9. Oscar awards (1992)

    Genre
    Speech; Interview; Special

    A series of clips from the Oscar awards ceremony in Hollywood. The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis send a message to producer George Lucas on his winning a special award for his service to the film...

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  10. Hubble Vision (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Alec Nisbett
    Subject
    Astronomy; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    On 13 December 1993, the space shuttle Endeavour returned to earth with the team of astronauts whose mission was to repair the Hubble space telescope. Had their mission failed, it could have broken both the...

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