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  1. Pine Point: Ore to Metal (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Detailed exploration gives the mining engineers at Pine Point an accurate model of ore before extraction. The programme shows the complex planning and subsequent operations required to eficiently mine the...

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  2. Serpent River (1987 Film, Video)

    Director
    Sandra Lahire
    Producer
    Sandra Lahire
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Concerns the people of Serpent River and Elliot Lake in northern Ontario, where there is a huge uranium mining operation owned by RTZ. Shows the effects of the mine on their lives and their environment,...

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  3. Designing a Lift (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Martin Wright
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A lift mechanism includes many engineering features which illustrate principles taught in the course. The workings of a mine lift at Ellington Colliery are taken as case examples - one based on a traction...

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  4. Salt of the Earth (1953)

    Director
    Herbert J Biberman
    Producer
    Paul Jarrico
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A fictionalised story of a strike by the New Mexico Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers against Empire Zinc, from October 1950 to January 1953, which was characterised by friction between Anglos and...

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  5. Pine Point: A Lead-Zinc Deposit (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A case study of a large metal mine: the Pine Point deposit, one of the world’s largest lead-zine mines, lies on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Here, in the...

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  6. Sapper Tasks (2002)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (55 minutes), £16.95

    This 1947 film reviews work of the Royal Engineers from port to front line with many examples from World War II featuring British and Commonwealth engineers. Units shown include post and airport...

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  7. Innovation and Coal (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Clare Falkner
    Subject
    Politics & government; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Capitalist industry is dynamic but does nationalisation mean loss of flair and initiative? Examines the coal industry after nationalisation in 1947 and shows that it encouraged innovation which led to rapid...

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  8. Handicap: Yours or Mine? (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Dentistry; Social welfare
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min., £50.00 +VAT

    In order to address some of the prejudiced beliefs associated with mental handicap, the range of interests, abilities of mentally handicapped people is shown. Observation of a discussion group and direct...

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  9. Shirts and Coal (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Clare Falkner
    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the model of capitalism and assesses to what extent it applies to non-capitalist forms of production viz. a workers’ co-operative and a coal mine, both in South Wales. The need to make a profit to...

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  10. Ho, The: People of the Rice Pot (1975 Film)

    Director
    Michael Yorke; Valerie Yorke
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on the life of one man, his two wives and seven children in order to portray the yearly cycle of the Ho people, a secluded tribe of the Mundari-speaking group living in the southern part of Bihar...

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