Spacewatch (12 Parts)

Synopsis: Twelve 12-minute programmes.
1: A ride into space.
2: Venus and Mercury.
3: Earth and Mars.
4: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus.
5: Orian and related bodies.
6: Includes footage of a total eclipse of the sun.
7: A history of the universe.
8: History of spaceflight.
9: Identifies summer constellations.
10: America’s Skylab and the Soviet Union’s Salyut space shuttle.
11: The Anglo-Australian and the UK Schmidt telescopes.
12: Jodrell Bank, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Northern Ireland Planetarium, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; out of distribution
Year of production: 1984
Availability: Sale
Uses: 1st-year astronomy courses; useful as a ‘liberal studies’ film for all science students; 6th-formers.*
Subjects: Astronomy; Space science
Keywords: eclipses; Jupiter; Mercury (planet); planets; Saturn; space exploration; space technology; stars; sun; telescopes; universe; Uranus; Venus

Cast

Heather Couper
Terence Murtagh

Title: Powers of ten 1
Synopsis: 1: A ride into space.
Title: Two hot to handle
Synopsis: 2: Venus and Mercury.
Title: Planets blue and red
Synopsis: 3: Earth and Mars.
Title: Giants and strangers
Synopsis: 4: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus.
Title: Orion and friends
Synopsis: 5: Orian and related bodies.
Title: Here comes the sun
Synopsis: 6: Includes footage of a total eclipse of the sun.
Title: Secrets of starlight
Synopsis: 7: A history of the universe.
Title: Journey into space
Synopsis: 8: History of spaceflight.
Title: Summer triangle
Synopsis: 9: Identifies summer constellations.
Title: Riding the shuttle
Synopsis: 10: America's Skylab and the Soviet Union's Salyut space shuttle.
Title: Catch a falling star
Synopsis: 11: The Anglo-Australian and the UK Schmidt telescopes.
Title: Where to go, what to do
Synopsis: 12: Jodrell Bank, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Northern Ireland Planetarium, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

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Notes: York Films specialises in producing science programming for television, particularly space and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on using CGI. Several series are available for sale on DVD on topics including Nobel prizewinners, bee breeding and six programmes on the bicycle.

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