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  1. Physics Lives (2012)

    Director
    Kevin Hull
    Producer
    Kevin Hull
    Subject
    Physics

    Four short films which address the questions: What do physicists actually do? Why do they do it? And what is their work for? In BATHS AND QUARKS Professor David Tong studies a problem which has been plaguing...

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  2. Masters of the Ionosphere (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Tim Haines
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Documents the bizarre history of scientific attempts to understand the atmospheric layer called the ionosphere and the American military’s plan to master this volatile region with a $58m machine in Alaska...

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  3. Aurora: Rivers of Light in the Sky (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC only). col. 40 min., 1999 sale: US$24.95 (+p&p)

    Footage of the northern lights. Also discusses the myths, legends and science behind the aurora borealis.

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  4. Magnetic Fields in Space (1993)

    Producer
    Michael Peet
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £79.99

    Looks at the earth’s magnetic field with reference to the northern lights, or aurora borealis. Discusses plasmas, which are seas of charged particles, and the interaction of the solar wind with the...

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  5. Black Sun, The (1992 Video)

    Producer
    Jane Callander
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the solar eclipse over Hawaii on 11 July 1991. The Path of Totality swept over the telescopes of the observatory on Mauna Kea mountain as it passed from the Pacific to South America. Magnetic storms...

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  6. Aurora Explained, The (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC, PAL). col. 58 min., 1999 sale: £24.99 (inclusive) (PA)

    Explains what the Northern Lights are, how they work and why and when they appear where they do. Shows Aurora borealis effects accompanied by music. The video data was gathered using a supersensitive colour...

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  7. Sun, Earth and Radio (1980 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Michael Paul
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An animated film showing how solar flares affect radio and television on earth; how gusts in the solar wind cause the aurora borealis and its associated phenomena, chorus and hiss, and how lightning in one...

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