Splendour of the Heavens
1962 · 22m · Documentary
A film about astronomy which also happens to show views of the ancient city of Winchester, before focussing on a particular house in the suburbs with its own observatory.
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Passage of Venus
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Cosmic Dawn
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From Gaol to Rectory
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On a blustery January day bishops arrive for the opening of the new Knutsford Test School.
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Enchanting Bournemouth
1961
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Wedding of Miss Carrie Alexander
1913
The mayor's daughter gets hitched in style in the Kent market town.
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St. Andrew's Wells
1920
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Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
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David Hockney undertakes a commission to design and install a stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the sixty-fifth year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
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Zero Gravity: Life on the International Space Station
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Wonders of the Moon
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