The Resource Castles in the sky, director, Gillies MacKinnon
Castles in the sky, director, Gillies MacKinnon
Resource Information
The item Castles in the sky, director, Gillies MacKinnon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Castles in the sky, director, Gillies MacKinnon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Castles in the sky
- Title
- Castles in the sky
- Statement of responsibility
- director, Gillies MacKinnon
- Subject
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- Drama
- Engineers
- Engineers -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- 1939 - 1945
- Fiction films
- Great Britain
- Historical films
- Historical films
- History
- Radar
- Radar -- History -- Drama
- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973
- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973 -- Drama
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Biographical films
- Biographical films
- Britain, Battle of (Great Britain : 1940)
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 -- Drama
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- LC call number
- PN1997.2
- LC item number
- .C37 2015
- PerformerNote
- Eddie Izzard, Laura Fraser, Arran Tulloch, Lesley Harcourt, Alex Jennings, David Hayman, Julian Rhind-tutt
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- MacKinnon, Gillies
- Izzard, Eddie
- Fraser, Laura
- Tulloch, Arran
- Harcourt, Lesley
- BBC America
- Runtime
- 90
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander
- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander
- Britain, Battle of (Great Britain : 1940)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Engineers
- Radar
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Engineers
- Radar
- Great Britain
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Castles in the sky, director, Gillies MacKinnon
- Note
- Title from web page
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1412149
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
-
- 4 3/4 in.
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (90 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929488278
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- 1000577467
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o918866530
- (OCoLC)918866530
- System details
- DVD, widescreen
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Castles in the sky, director, Gillies MacKinnon
- Note
- Title from web page
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1412149
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
-
- 4 3/4 in.
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (90 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929488278
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- 1000577467
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o918866530
- (OCoLC)918866530
- System details
- DVD, widescreen
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Drama
- Engineers
- Engineers -- Great Britain -- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- 1939 - 1945
- Fiction films
- Great Britain
- Historical films
- Historical films
- History
- Radar
- Radar -- History -- Drama
- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973
- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973 -- Drama
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Radar -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Biographical films
- Biographical films
- Britain, Battle of (Great Britain : 1940)
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 -- Drama
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