| Edition |
Widescreen edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Cast |
Eddie Izzard, Laura Fraser, Arran Tulloch, Lesley Harcourt, Alex Jennings, David Hayman, Julian Rhind-tutt. |
| Summary |
A moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little know team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26 February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at distances of 100 miles away. |
| Subject |
Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973 -- Drama.
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Engineers -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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Radar -- History -- Drama.
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Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Biographical films.
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Historical films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
MacKinnon, Gillies, film director.
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Izzard, Eddie, actor.
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Fraser, Laura, actor.
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Tulloch, Arran, actor.
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Harcourt, Lesley, actor.
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BBC America, publisher.
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| Standard No. |
883929488278 |
| Music No. |
1000577467 BBC US / Canada |
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