Results

Full access to all collections is a privilege of BUFVC membership. If you are already a BUFVC member, please log in. Otherwise you may join now.
9 results | Page 1 of 1
« First
‹ Prev1Next ›
Last »
Sort results by
  1. Draught-Horses of Progress (1979 Film)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at the development of German railways from c. 1900.

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  2. On the Right Track (1989 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23min.

    Looks at two types of computer system used by British Rail for modern signalling: one for indication and control, and one for interlocking.

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  3. Britannia - A Bridge (1973 Film)

    Director
    David C Lockner
    Producer
    John Shearman
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Robert Stephenson’s Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1970. Shows the reconstruction of the bridge, with steel arches supporting and eventually replacing...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  4. Awesome Giants of Steam (1997 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 52 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A compilation of two short British Transport films.

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  5. Innovation on the Rails (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The process of researching and developing fast trains takes time; the idea for the Advanced Passenger Train came 20 years ago. Yet business needs are changing all the time. Shot on location in Derby, and on...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  6. Electromagnetic Induction (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Starts with a series of demonstrations showing the three electromagnetic principles on which the induction motor is based. Then uses models to explain how a linear induction motor works. The new magnetic...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  7. Not So Great Railway Journeys (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Mike Robinson
    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    As British Rail is broken up into more than 80 new companies, railway services are grinding to a halt with more cancellations and delayed trains. Examines whether the government’s railway privatisation...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  8. Transportation Revolution in Scotland (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Leonard; Janet McBain
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 45 min.

    Includes footage of George Bennie’s railplane, a propeller-driven vehicle which ran along elevated track in the 1930s. Sequences of servicing a steam locomotive; time-lapse photography of a tram being...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only
  9. Perception and Communication. Part 6: The Hixon Level Crossing Disaster of January 1968 (1971 Video)

    Director
    Martin Hayden
    Producer
    Martin Hayden
    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 50 min.

    Uses a railway accident at a level crossing as a history to provide actual examples of the factors affecting perception and communication, factors often similar to those that were demonstrated more generally...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only