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Goonhilly New Aerial

Date released

Jan 1969

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

80

NoS ID

327896

Story no

6 / 6

COI synopsis: Britain’s giant aerial under construction at Goonhilly Downs, which will open new satellite communication links between Britain, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Australia.

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Satellite Communications (1987 Video)

Subject

Information technology

Distribution

Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min. Teachers’ and students’ notes supplied

Looks at satellite communications from Marconi’s pioneering work with radio waves to Arthur C Clarke’s vision of worldwide communication using geostationary satellites, to Intelsat VI. Other topics...

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Arthur C. Clarke on satellite communication (1974)

Genre

Interview

Science fiction novelist Arthur C Clarke on the advance of satellite communication, the ability of satellites to broadcast television, the effects on the energy crisis, the role of science fiction in getting...

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Village Life: Tadley (1986)

Mike Matthews in association with Vincent’s BMW, this week visits the village life of Tadley, in Hampshire. One single track with 8 interviews: 1- Matthews meets a man who manufactures brooms, to sweep up...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

New additions to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway

Date

18 Sep 2013, 13:54

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

Post

The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,400 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into   over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or ...

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European satellite explodes (1977)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Arthur Smith, Daily Mirror, on explosion of European Space Agency (ESA) satellite on launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Satellite television proposals (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Maurice reports on the Home Office decision to give the go-ahead for the launch of satellite television services in the UK, and proposals for service in cooperation between British Telecom, Marconi, and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Hayes on Sunday (1980)

Genre

Interview

Brian Hayes revisits his shows from the week and interviews with: foreign correspondent for ABC news, Peter Jennings, about the earthquake in southern Italy. Peter Jenkins from the Guardian on the end of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

New Perspectives on Space (1993 Video)

Subject

Space science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

Explains the mission of the British National Space Centre (BNSC) of focusing British space activities, to help understand and protect the environment, develop commercial application of space communication...

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Video, Audio and Multimedia Sysems (1997 Video)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min., 2001 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Provides a step-by-step analysis of each of these systems of electronic communication. The video portion begins with a history of television and moves on to electronic communication basics like transmitters,...

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