SPECIAL EFFECTS VIDEO DISC #8 INDEX
| Video Effect | Category | Subject | Chapter # | Start | End | Frames | Seconds |
| 3-D Radio Telescope Model (of Efflesberg, world's largest) | Telescopes | 8 | 685 | 3386 | 2701 | 90.033333 | |
| Rosse Giant 1845 Reflector, move around | Telescopes | 9 | 3387 | 4974 | 1587 | 52.9 | |
| Rosse Telescope, with tube scanning movement | Telescopes | 10 | 4975 | 5878 | 903 | 30.1 | |
| Babylonian Ziggurat, view from above, then rotate | Cosmology | Ancient | 11 | 5879 | 7832 | 1953 | 65.1 |
| Babylonian Ziggurat, rotate only (based on Ziggurat at Ur), zoom away | Cosmology | Ancient | 12 | 7833 | 9630 | 1797 | 59.9 |
| Tomb of Wise Men, rotating, (based on real tomb in Cologne Cathedral) | Misc. | 13 | 9631 | 11429 | 1798 | 59.933333 | |
| Stonehenge, flight into and around | Cosmology | Ancient | 14 | 11430 | 13684 | 2254 | 75.133333 |
| Nut Sky Goddess with Father and Husband, zoom | Cosmology | Ancient | 15 | 13685 | 15482 | 1797 | 59.9 |
| Nut Sky Goddess with Father and Husband, rotating | Cosmology | Ancient | 16 | 15483 | 17286 | 1803 | 60.1 |
| Planets turning in nested spheres of Eudoxus | Cosmology | Ancient | 17 | 17287 | 18192 | 905 | 30.166666 |
| Great Pyramid, as now, when new and see through with tombs & shafts | Cosmology | Ancient | 18 | 18193 | 19992 | 1799 | 59.966666 |
| Modern professional reflecting telescope (4-m William Herschel Telescope) | Telescopes | 19 | 19993 | 22242 | 2249 | 74.966666 | |
| Original William Herschel 20 ft. telescope | Telescopes | 20 | 22243 | 24346 | 2103 | 70.1 | |
| Babylonian clay tablets, tumbling with planet positions 6-8 B.C. | Misc. | 21 | 24347 | 26146 | 1799 | 59.966666 | |
| Babylonian clay tablet | Misc. | 22 | 26147 | 27948 | 1801 | 60.033333 | |
| Solar System, fly-through, TV format | Solar System | General | 23 | 27949 | 28852 | 903 | 30.1 |
| Earth and Moon, polar view, rotating, with correct illumination | Solar System | Earth | 24 | 28853 | 31014 | 2161 | 72.033333 |
| Moon, rotating | Solar System | Moon | 25 | 31015 | 33356 | 2341 | 78.033333 |
| Large Moon undergoing phases | Solar System | Moon | 26 | 33357 | 35152 | 1795 | 59.833333 |
| Moon undergoing phases, small version | Solar System | Moon | 27 | 35153 | 36958 | 1805 | 60.166666 |
| Annular Eclipse | Solar System | Eclipse | 28 | 36959 | 38760 | 1801 | 60.033333 |
| Moon and Earth, rotating | Solar System | Earth | 29 | 38761 | 40558 | 1797 | 59.9 |
| Eclipse seen from just above Earth, version 1 with hold | Solar System | Eclipse | 30 | 40559 | 41460 | 901 | 30.033333 |
| Path of umbra and penumbra for August 1999 eclipse | Solar System | Eclipse | 31 | 41461 | 42662 | 1201 | 40.033333 |
| Total eclipse seen from space, version 2 | Solar System | Eclipse | 32 | 42663 | 44440 | 1777 | 59.233333 |
| Asteroid tumbling with orbiting moonlet | Solar System | Asteroid | 33 | 44441 | 46190 | 1749 | 58.3 |
| Venus, transit | Solar System | Venus | 34 | 46191 | 46770 | 579 | 19.3 |
| Earth, rotating, small, with scintillating auroral ovals | Solar System | Earth | 35 | 46771 | 47686 | 915 | 30.5 |
| Auroral ovals, zoom into and fade out for crossfade with ordinary effect | Solar System | Earth | 36 | 47687 | 48584 | 897 | 29.9 |
| Sun, with flare particles like lawn sprinkler | Solar System | Sun | 37 | 48585 | 49488 | 903 | 30.1 |
| Flare jet for use on Sun panorama | Solar System | Sun | 38 | 49489 | 50390 | 901 | 30.033333 |
| Red star collapses, becoming blue and emitting gaseous shell | Stars | Individual | 39 | 50391 | 51444 | 1053 | 35.1 |
| Large star and Nova explosion and particle flow resumes (fast) | Stars | Nova | 40 | 51445 | 52200 | 755 | 25.166666 |
| Large star and Nova explosion, slower version | Stars | Nova | 41 | 52201 | 53612 | 1411 | 47.033333 |