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Science Makes Peaceful Strides - Dunstable

Date released

2 Feb 1959

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

59/10

NoS ID

108480

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

New weather forecasting system claims far greater accuracy.

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Sunshine with Scattered Showers (1996 Video)

Producer

Richard Dale

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines Piers Corbyn’s weather forecasting technique whereby he reads the weather from sunspots and claims to be able to predict th weather up to 12 months in advance. His work is profitable, but...

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Change in the Weather, A (2008 Radio)

Series

Words and Music

Producer

Elizabeth Funning

Radio programme marking 85 years of weather forecasting on the BBC with poetry and music. The programme includes an excerpt from Shakespeare’s King Lear ('Blow wind and crack your cheeks’) read by Mark...

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Wet summer (1978)

Genre

Interview

David Horton(?) from the weather centre explains why it has been a wet summer, defends their forecasting, and gives a forecast for the next few days and rest of August. Female interviewer not identified....

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Meteorology: Trying to Bat a Thousand (2002)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £29.95

The importance of weather forecasting is emphasized as the technology used is demonstrated, including Doppler radar, weather balloons, satellites and computers.

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Forecasting the Economy (1995 Video)

Producer

Alison Tucker

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Introduces the nature of economic modelling and forecasting focusing particularly on empirical macroeconomic modelling - a term used to describe analysis at the level of the economy as a whole or the...

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Christopher H on tour of Met Office (1976)

Genre

Documentary; Interview

Christopher H goes on a tour of the Meteorological Office in London. Speaks to unidentified male staff member on unusual hot and dry weather in the UK looking at their charts; Ralph Hardy, senior forecaster...

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Severe weather in London (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Ian Currie, Royal Meteorological Society, about severe winter weather conditions, including rare snowfall, in London, with the possibility of a white Christmas. Female interviewer not identified.

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Freak winds hit the South of the UK (1987)

Genre

Interview

Nigel Gate of the weather centre tries to explain why there was no warning of the recent freak winds which devastated the South of England. Male interviewer not identified.

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Tropical Weather Forecasting

Date released

1971

Series name

London Line

Issue no

351

NoS ID

326588

Story no

1 / 1

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