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Paris Fire Drama

Date released

1 Feb 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2017A

NoS ID

027235

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paris Fire Drama. DESCRIPTION: The Night-watchman at a vast fuel storage depot near Paris is charged with setting it alight. The blaze destroyed over forty storage tanks and threatened...

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Metal of Dishonour (199 Video)

Subject

Politics & government

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1998 hire: £7.00 (+p&p +VAT) 1998 sale: £? (+p&p +VAT)

Exposes the Pentagon’s use of radioactive weapons in the Persian Gulf and the long-term effects on thousands of people. Follows unsuspecting GIs into contaminated burnt-out tanks, and visitors into Iraqi...

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Visit to Desert Rats helicopter support base (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

Journalist Paul Maurice visits the helicopter support base for the Desert Rats as a yellow alert goes off and speaks to Wing Commander Mike Trace about chemical warfare and the role of British helicopters as...

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Texas Disaster

Date released

24 Apr 1947

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

933A

NoS ID

014407

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Texas City Disaster (Oil Explosion). DESCRIPTION: A catastrophe overwhelmed Texas City when a French Liberty Ship with a cargo of ammonium nitrate blew up in the harbour. A big chemical...

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Anti-Fire Device

Date released

26 Dec 1955

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

052

NoS ID

120134

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Demonstrates a new chemical which can be used to extinguish oil or petrol fires but does not harm machinery or fabrics. Also shows a floating self-contained fire extinguisher used in oil tanks.

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Tam Dalyell warns of environmental impact of Iraq war (1991)

Genre

Interview

Environmentalists are warning that war in the Gulf could wreak havoc with the planet. They are calling for the United Nations Security Council to debate the ecological consequences of a battle in the...

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Preserving the Legacy 2: Introduction to Environmental Technology (15 Parts) (1997 Video)

aka: Introduction to Environmental Technology

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Out OF Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 x 30 min., 2001 sale: £12.75 (+VAT inc. p&p) each part 2001 sale: £75.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) whole set

Series dealing with industrial processes and waste stream management. 1: Introduces block flow diagrams and mass balance as ways of identifying and quantifying waste streams. Looks at physical, chemical,...

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Rough Science - Series 4: Death Valley (6 Parts) (2003)

Subject

Science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £15.00

Compilation of the series of 6 programmes in which five scientists are placed in a desert and asked to demonstrate their basic science skills in space-related challenges. 1) ROVER - The first challenges in...

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First World War, The

Subject

History

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 597 minutes), £49.99

A 10-part series based on the book by Hew Strachan, Professor of the History of War at Oxford University. Conventional myths of the war as a European conflict are exploded and the human tragedy is placed...

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