Compressed air has many modern applications. Today Gerd Sommerhoff discovers some of them and shows the surprising strength of air under pressure.
for Schools
Repeated on Friday at 11.35 a.m.
(to 10.25)
Nobody likes to be just average, but does the 'average man' really exist? What do we mean by a mathematical average, and is it really important?
Introduced by Hugh David.
for Schools
Repeated on Friday at 2.5 p.m.
(to 11.25)
How we are able to perceive correctly the size of objects and their distance from us.
Introduced by Dr. Robert Audley.
for Schools
Repeated on Tuesday at 10.5 a.m.
(to 11.55)
(See panel and page 23)
The Opening Ceremony by Her Majesty The Queen
Speeches by Sir Roland Robinson M.P., Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Her Majesty The Queen, The Rt. Hon. Harold MacMilland M.P., Prime Minister, The Hon. R. A. Njoku M.P., Minister of Transport, Nigeria, Vice-Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Recorded in Westminster Hall earlier this morning
Scene described by Richard Dimbleby
News in Welsh.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
Edrych ar y byd a'i bethau
Cwrdd A phobl
Ymweld' A Ileoedd
Ymdrin & phynciau yngr ngihwmni Owen Edwards
Rhaglem ddyddiol dan ofal NAN DAVIES, IFOR REES JACK WILLIAMS
Today: a topical magazine.
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield)
(to 13.45)
Introduced by Peter West.
What sort of jobs are there for girls in a self-service store? The film unit goes to a grocery store in a New Town to find out.
BBC film for Schools
Repeated on Tuesday at 11.5 a.m.
For the very young
Pages turned by Patricia Driscoll.
BBC film
(to 14.45)
For younger viewers
Introduced by Christopher Trace and Leila Williams.
including:
How to Build Your Own Model Theatre
A Story About St. Pancras and King's Cross
told by Donald Bisset.
The Story of the Bicycle: 3
told by Reginald Shaw.
A film series telling the story of people whose work involves physical danger.
Last shown in February
A filmed reconstruction of the Viking raids on the Isle of Man in the eighth century, which led to the establishment of the present-day Tynwald, the oldest continuous parliament in the world, followed by a costume performance of the Tynwald Ceremony itself, by the children of St. John's School.
The Vikings and Celts played by the Islanders
BBC North Region film
A news magazine for South-East England.
News from the South
(Rowridge)
Introduced by Peter Scott.
Frequently Peter Scott takes a party to Scotland in the autumn to catch and ring as many as possible of the pink-footed geese which have left their breeding grounds in Greenland and Central Iceland to winter in Britain.
Last shown in July
From the West
Look around with Cliff Michelmore, Derek Hart, Alan Whicker, Fyfe Robertson, Trevor Philpott, Macdonald Hastings and Robin Hall, Jimmie Macgregor.
2,000 miles of adventure with the pioneers as the Stage Coach route moves Westward.
A film series starring William Bendix and Doug McClure
with Guest star Mercedes McCambridge
Flip and his friend Annie, a tough woman prospector, face a grim situation when they are left stranded in wild desolate country, surrounded by hostile Indians.
goes to...?
The Window on the World
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby returns and once again Panorama cameras and Panorama commentators Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan,
James Mossman bring you People-Places-Problems that make news.
by Iain MacCormick.
with Kenneth J. Warren, David Markham, Campbell Singer
For Jan Dirksen, Mayor of Kriekville, an insult offered to the Town's founder is also offered to the whole European community. Retribution is sweet, especially if the culprit is a Bantu.
See page 23
Featuring Matt Monro with Ursula Connors, Kenny Baker, Susan Grey, Joy and Jennifer
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Leader, James Hutcheon
Conductor, Jack Coles
From the Midlands
by Dora M. Broome.
