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HELPING HANDS

Date released

Nov 1954

Series name

Mining Review 8th Year

Issue no

3

NoS ID

345850

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: Chesterfield, famous for its landmark of the crooked church spire, the National Union of Mineworkers and Coal Board, gave attention to the building of a new wing at the Skegness holiday camp....

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Drosophilia Melanogaster (1984 Multimedia)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

oUT OF DISTRIBUTION, 26 slides. col.

Illustrates the equipment used for breeding, handling and observing ‘Drosophilia’ (7 slides); stages in the life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult (4 slides); the sex differences (6 slides); and some...

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Shakespeare Tong Tai (2012 Film)

aka: Shakespeare Must die

Director

Manit Sriwanichpoom; Ing Kanjanavanit

Film which tells the story of a theatre group in a fictional country resembling Thailand that is staging a production of Macbeth. One of the film’s characters is a dictator named ‘Dear Leader’ who...

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Media Screen Roundup - June 2013

Date

9 Jul 2013, 10:58

Author

Linda

Post Type

Post

The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Of special note in this months’...

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Life History of the Cabbage Butterfly ‘Pieris Brassicae’ (1968 Film)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The following phenomena are shown in detail - adult feeding, mating, egg-laying, hatching, larva crawling and feeding, larva spinning base, cushion and girdle, pupation, emergence of adult, wing expansion.*

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Materials Matter (1986 Video)

Subject

Design; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 11 min.

Examines how collaboration between different specialists is vital to the successful development of new design ideas. This is demonstrated by using British Aerospace’s search for an appropriate material for...

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Sir Barnes Wallis (1975 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The life and work of Sir Barnes Wallis in the field of aviation. The film begins with his early air-ship days and then goes on to cover the R100, the Wellington Bomber and the bouncing bomb. The latter half...

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How an Aeroplane Flies (4 Parts) (1975)

Director

Derek Armstrong

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16, 11, 11, 17 min.

The four-part series introduces the subject of heavier-than-air, low-speed flight. It is a remake of the six-part 1947 series of the same title. Part 1 explains, by means of a series of demonstrations with a...

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Patterns of Inheritance (1987 Video)

Producer

Aileen Llewellyn

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

The wings of butterflies display a striking colourful and varied array of patterns, but surprisingly few genetic changes are needed to produce this diversity. Dr John Turner of the University of Leeds shows...

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In-Flight Movie (1987 Video)

Producer

John Downer

Subject

Biology; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

Looks at how and why birds fly. Using remarkable new film techniques the audience is given a ‘bird’s eye’ view of the world. Shows a goose’s perpective of flying among clouds and what a fast-flying...

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