Learning on ScreenSpacewatch (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
Credits
Sections
- 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.
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
York Films of England
- office@yorkfilms.com
- Web
- http://www.yorkfilms.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01303 226 2345
- Fax
- 01303 858 196
- Address
- 23 Bradstone Avenue
Folkestone
Kent
CT19 5AQ - 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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