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  1. News Round Up: New Atomic Plant

    Date released
    14 Nov 1955
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1380
    NoS ID
    020510
    Story no
    6 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dounreay Atomic Station. DESCRIPTION: An Atomic Power Reactor is being built at Dounreay on the coast of Caithness. SHOTLIST: CU the sphere being built. GV the sphere and the building...

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  2. Turning a Sphere Inside out (1976 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Nelson R Max
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In 1958 Stephen Smale demonstrated that it must be possible to turn a sphere inside out in three dimensions, without tearing or creasing the surface, but allowing the sphere to pass through itself. He was...

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  3. Banquo’s Chair (1943 Radio)

    Series
    Suspense
    Director
    Ted Bliss
    Producer
    William Spier

    Radio play by Sigmund Miller based on Rupert Croft-Cook’s original story. In order to get a murderer to confess, a detective hires a famous Shakespearean actress to play the ghost of the dead man, and...

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  4. Media Screen Round-Up April 2016

    Date
    2 Jun 2016, 15:56
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research and published at the BUFVC by Andrew Ormsby. One of the highlights of this month's...

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  5. News from Home & Abroad: Atom Sphere

    Date released
    5 Nov 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1274A
    NoS ID
    018868
    Story no
    4 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atom Sphere. DESCRIPTION: A giant steel sphere is being constructed near New York and the US Navy intends to test atomic submarine engines inside. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Sphere under...

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  6. Photometer Sphere

    Date released
    25 Feb 1952
    Series name
    New Pictorial
    Issue no
    389
    NoS ID
    119305
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

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  7. Dounreay Becomes Critical

    Date released
    7 Dec 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1592
    NoS ID
    023356
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dounreay Becomes Critical. DESCRIPTION: Great news from the North of Scotland. Inside the huge sphere at Dounreay, the Fast Reactor, a wholly British achievement, has become critical....

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  8. Dutch Art

    Date released
    11 Oct 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2210
    NoS ID
    029065
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dutch Art. DESCRIPTION: Sonsbeek ‘71, held at Arnhem, where some very modern Dutch Art is being exhibited. SHOTLIST: Zoom out town of Arnhem to girl looking at exhibit in Sonsbeek...

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  9. Spherical Geometry and Navigation (2001 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2001 sale: £47.00 (inclusive)

    Combines simple, practical demonstrations and real-world examples to introduce the sphere. Subject areas covered include: the earth as a sphere; great and small circles; definitions of latitude and...

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  10. Topological Surfaces (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Why is it ridiculous to draw a map of the earth on a torus (the surface of a solid ring)? The earth is not a perfect sphere, yet a map drawn on a perfect sphere is acceptable. Shows that there are an...

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