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Matter of Confidence, A (1968 Film)

Director

Harold Lowenstein; Ann Wolff

Subject

Education; Psychology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Certain learning situations in a primary school classroom produce emotional tension in a boy aged 5 1/2. Shows ways in which the teacher tries to cope with this.

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Turbulence (1968 Film)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the following aspects of turbulence: effect of Reynolds number on inception, increased pressure drop in pipe-flow, efficient mixing, turbulent transport of momentum and scaler properties, Reynolds...

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X-Ray Diffraction (1968 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min.

Sir Lawrence Bragg at the Royal Institution. Explains the principle of diffraction by multiple layers with the aid of animated diagrams and models. Describes X-rays and, in a series of experiments, shows how...

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Young and the Wave Theory of Light (1968 Film)

Director

John Sharples

Producer

Richard Warren

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A filmed lecture given by Sir Lawrence Bragg at the Royal Institution. Outlines the two contrasting theories of light (the particle theory and the wave theory) which were held in the 18th century. Describes...

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China: A Portrait of the Land (1967 Film)

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Examines the influence of China’s land resources on her history and economy and the human problems to be faced as industrial and agricultural development proceeds. The reasons for Communist land reforms...

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Rarefied Gas Dynamics (1967 Film)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows gas flow at various pressures and speeds using initially a sodium molecular beam and then actual gas flow in a supersonic flow chamber. Bow and barrel shock waves are shown together with scattering...

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Channel Flow of a Compressible Fluid (1966 Film)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Schlieren flow visualisation and simultaneous display of the pressure distribution along a channel of varying area demonstrate the phenomena of choking, blocking and starting. Supersonic flow, Mach waves,...

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Exploring the Unwritten Past (1966 Video)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min.

Describes scientific investigation into the past. Couples modern techniques in archaeology with the story of early man in Britain, covering the earliest discovery in Kent’s Cavern in Devon, the decorative...

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Gregor Mendel and His Work (1966 Video)

aka: Mendel: Father of Genetics

Subject

Biology

Distribution

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An English language version of the German original made in 1963. Recreates Mendel’s classic experiments on the pea as a means of expounding the basic principles of Mendelian genetics.

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Nile in Egypt, The (1966 Video)

Subject

Agriculture; Geography

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 13 min.

Demonstrates Egypt’s dependence on the River Nile for crop irrigation, shows traditional methods of directing water and deals with the new dams and barrages which are contributing to the more efficient use...

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