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Roadways (1937 Film, Video)

Director

William Coldstream; Stuart Legg

Producer

Alberto Cavalcanti

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Traces the histroy of transport with particular emphasis on the heavy growth of road traffic from 1918 until the late 1930s. The GPO, itself a major user, acknowledged its responsibilites and expressed its...

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Great American Road Automotive History Films, The (2011)

Subject

Engineering; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 360 minutes), $18.49

24 films celebrating the American automotive industry and the driving pleasures of the American highway, made between 1915 and 1962. They cover topics such as the benefits of interstate highways, their...

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Development of Vehicle Safety Barriers, The (1991 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

Illustrates the Transport and Road Research Laboratory’s programme of research on the design and assessment of vehicle safety barriers for use on Britain’s motorways and major roads. Shows various safety...

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Crash (1989 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks road accidents, and at the delay, complacency and bureaucratic muddle surrounding the methods available to cut the carnage. Examines technology, engineering and enforcement.

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London Orbital (2002)

Subject

Geography; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 100 minutes), £19.99

An impressionistic film about the M25. A road movie (literally) and a cinematic excursion into the difference between driving and walking, film and tape, time and memory, sound and image. Also a look at...

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Electromagnetic Interference and Vehicle Electronics (1991 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc p&p)

Shows work on problems caused in car electronic systems by external electromagnetic radiation, in order to establish the necessary standards and regulations. A research project compares data from the variety...

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Research on Reinforced Earth (1979 Film, Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

To assess the feasibility of constructing reinforced earth walls with cohesive fill, a range of experimental structures varying in size from model to full scale have been built at TRRL. Shows the...

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Driverless Car, The (2015)

aka: Baby, You Can Drive My Car

Subject

Engineering; Transport

Audio podcast recorded to complement an article in E&T , the journal of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Laura Onita talks to Dr John McCarthy, Technical Director Highways and Transportation...

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Trl Impact Tests - Update 3 (1996 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. Mute with sound effects. col. 43 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A collection of impact test footage intended for broadcasters and video programme makers: car-to-car impacts; frontal block impacts, side impacts, motorcycle tests with and without airbags, motorvcycle let...

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Travelling Lightly (2001)

Subject

Environmental science; FE; Technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £55.00

As air pollution from transport becomes a serious issue and traffic and congestion on British roads reaches an all time high, ‘Travelling Lightly’ explores possible solutions to the negative impact of...

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