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  1. Oil Detection

    Date released
    1951
    Series name
    Oil Review
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    349286
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI Summary - Structure of oil-bearing rocks and principal methods of prospecting in New Guinea. BP synopsis: The beginning of the long search which may lead to a new oil field. A film about oil, how it is...

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  2. James Hutton: Geologist (1984 Video)

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

    Looks at the life and work of the 18th-century geologist James Hutton. After gathering evidence from rock outcrops around Scotland, Hutton proposed in his ‘Theory of the Earth’ that the world was...

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  3. Journey from the Centre of the Earth: Architecture (2004)

    aka: Building Blocks

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; Geology
    Distribution
    VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), off air recording under licence

    A programme from the series in which geologist Dr Iain Stewart explains how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped the human history of the Mediterranean. Here he reveals how rocks influenced the Egyptians...

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  4. Volcanic Iceland (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Sixteen million years ago, Iceland emerged from the sea. Today it is one of the best places on earth to study the volcanic rocks of the ocean floor. This film is a record of a field trip to Iceland made by...

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  5. Day the Earth Melted, The (1991 Video)

    Director
    David Sington
    Producer
    David Sington
    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A volcanic catastrophe 66 million years ago on the west coast of present-day India, thousands of times bigger than anything mankind has ever witnessed, created the spectacular landscape seen there today. The...

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  6. Earth Story (8 Parts) (2006)

    Subject
    Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 400 minutes), £19.99

    Aubrey Manning presents a series on geological history, unfolding the recent story of how scientists have come to understand the mechanics of our dynamic planet. The 8 programmes took 3 years to make, cost...

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  7. Search for Radio-ACtive Minerals

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    53
    NoS ID
    351991
    Story no
    5 / 5

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: Amateurs as well as Professionals are in search of Radio-active minerals in Rhodesia. These people are by the Rhodesian Branch Office of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy...

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