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  1. 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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  2. Pot Shots

    Trade Show
    6 Apr 1937
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    13
    NoS ID
    348905
    Story no
    2 / 5

    NoS synopsis: An interview with Will Hay, the well-known film comedian and astronomer, in his astronomical laboratory

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  3. 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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  4. Telescope in Space, A (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Describes the International Ultraviolet Explorer, a satellite carrying an ultraviolet telescope. Shows how the observations are made using the telescope from the European Space Agency satellite tracking...

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  5. At the Frontier (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Examines Einstein’s theoretical prediction that light from a star could be bent when passing close to the sun, and recounts the quantitative confirmation of this prediction during the 1919 eclipse of the...

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  6. 40 Years of Science Fiction Television (1993 Video)

    aka: Forty Years of Science Fiction Television Featuring ‘Star Trek’

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A selection of occult and science fiction television, beginning with ‘ROCKY JONES, SPACE RANGER and FLASH GORDON and continuing through to the 1990s. Includes SUPERMAN, SCIENCE FICTION THEATRE, OUTER...

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  7. Curiouser and Curiouser (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Uses a science-fiction setting to illustrate the problem of distinguishing left from right. Discusses the violation of parity and the development of CP-invariance. Illustrates the Lee Yang theory of the...

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  8. Through the Looking Glass (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    When a typical household scene is observed through a mirror, is there anything that enables you to know that you are not observing reality directly? Looks at the question of distinguishing between the mirror...

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  9. E T, Please Phone Home (1992 Video)

    Director
    Richard Smith
    Producer
    Stuart Carter
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00 +VAT +p&p

    Looks at the American space agency NASA’s SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project. Radiotelescopes in Puerto Rico, Spain, Australia and the USA will sweep the skies, hoping to catch faint...

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  10. Territory (1977 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Geography; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A critique of Oscar Newman’s book ‘Defensible Space’. It takes a satirical look at the five main codes of knowledge that underpin the notion of ‘defensible space’: animal behaviour, social...

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