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  1. Experimenting with Vela (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    Shows how to make minor adjustments to the zero setting of the analogue channels, add eroms, upgrade the memory, add a backup batter to keep data in memory when VELA is disconnected from its usual power supply.

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  2. Fly-By-Wire: Technology on Trial (1990 Video)

    Director
    John Longley
    Producer
    John Longley
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    The Airbus A320 is the first ‘fly-by-wire’ civil airliner. It crushed twice during its first two-and-a-half years in service. In both cases there was speculation that the plane’s computer software may...

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  3. Future on Display, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Examines technical choices for the makers of future tv systems working on wide screens (HDTV or high-definition television). The major materials issue is the production of satisfactory silicon layers on the...

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  4. Gold Brush, The: Paint’s Green Revolution (1990 Video)

    Director
    Jill Freeman
    Producer
    Jill Freeman
    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Explores how advanced technology can produce a number of applications for paint. Paint is coming under attack from the green lobby, and the industry is trying to maintain its commercial viability while also...

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  5. Light Stuff, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Mark J Davis
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Tells of a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who designed and built a human-powered aircraft to recreate the mythical successful flight by Daedalus.

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  6. Mind Benders, The (1990 Video)

    Director
    Gary Burczak
    Producer
    Gary Burczak
    Subject
    Psychology; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Explores the ways in which the brain can be manipulated. It is claimed that ‘brain-synchronisers’ stimulate and exercise the human brain and that the brain is ‘driven’ and ‘energised’ to produce...

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  7. Selling the Secret (1990 Video)

    Director
    Ross Wilson
    Producer
    Paul Murricane
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00

    Follows the first steps taken by the Soviet Union to sell its exploitation of outer space to the West. Also captures the reactions of a group of Western businessmen in the Soviet Union to the environment in...

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  8. All-Electric Home, The (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Science; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Traces the development of domestic electricity in Britain and the subsequent changes this brought about for women in the home. Uses archive film from the Electricity Development Association and the...

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  9. Final Block: Oil (2 Parts) (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Spratley
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25, 24 min.

    1: Extracts from a HORIZON programme on North Sea oil technology and a NEWSNIGHT item on the price of North Sea oil. The HORIZON extract shows that North Sea Oil production is at the forefront of available...

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  10. First in the Field (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Ian Spratley
    Subject
    Agriculture; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    The combine harvester is of crucial importance to the cereal farmer. Begins with a rare look at harvesting with a tractor-driven binder. Within 20 years this had become obselete, and the film looks at the...

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