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  1. Wings, Series (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Dual platform PC Windows/Apple Macintosh., 1996 sale: £39.95 (inclusive) (each)

    A database of fighting machines, with technical and service data on over 500 planes and 200 weapons systems, accompanied by video and still images, together with simulations and animated reconstructions of...

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  2. Chinese Visual Festival 2014

    Date
    28 Apr 2014, 11:42
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    7 - 18 May 2014 Screening at King’s College London / BFI Southbank / Riverside Studios Now in its fourth year, CVF has significantly expanded to include the very best in Chinese language independent...

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  3. Drosophila: Biology and Behaviour of Hawaiian Picture Wings (1991 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The biology and behaviour of Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, - the so-called ‘picture-wings’ - showing the life cycle and male-male and male-female interactions. Discusses a natural fungicide that is a...

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  4. Sexual Selection and Speciation: Behaviour Studies on Hawaiian Picture Wings and Their Potential in a Med Fly Eradication Program (1992 Video)

    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min., 1998 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Discusses the factors for new species formation, using as the example the Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, the so-called ‘picture-wings’. Considers the biological control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in...

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  5. Aladdin’s Garden (Hummingbirds) (1975 Film)

    Producer
    Colin Willock
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the garden of Peter Rapse, in the Aripo Valley, Trinidad. Looks at the flowers and the hummingbirds which use them as a source of food. Using high-speed photography, reveals the flexibility of the...

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  6. Something in the Air (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    After about 16 years in service, Canberra bombers developed cracks in the centre section forgings, which hold the wings onto the aircraft. This programme invenstgates what caused the cracks and who has been...

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  7. Wings: The Jet Age (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Peter Bucknall
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min.

    Traces the history of manned flight from the earliest attempts to the modern supersonic jet aircraft, concentrating on the jet aircraft, which became operational by 1945. Follows the rapid development in...

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  8. Riding on Air (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at resemblances between a gannet and a Tornado aircraft - both are designed to kill and both have variable geometry wings. Examines the full extent of similarities between birds and aircraft.

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  9. Wings of Angels (1999 Video)

    Director
    John Martin
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 65 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Drama recounting the story of English ornithologist David Lack, played by Paul Rhys, who struggles to reconcile the scientific evidence for evolution he found on the Galapagos Islands in the 1930s and 1940s...

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  10. Heathrow - The Early Years (2006)

    Subject
    Aviation; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 56 minutes), £14.99

    Three films capturing the earliest days of Heathrow airport, released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the airport’s opening in 1946.

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