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  1. You’Ll Not Be Wanting This then, Will You?: Ken Hawley: A Collector’s Tale (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Collier
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2000 sale: £14.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Describes the work of Ken Hawley in archiving the materials and documenting the lives and work of the people connected with the Sheffield edge tool and cutlery industries since the beginning of the 20th...

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  2. Nenthead Lead Mines (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1998 sale: £9.87 (inclusive)

    Looks at old mineshafts in the area around Nenthead in Cumbria. Shows surface views of buildings and the smelt mill wheelpit, and then goes underground.to show an underground horse-whim chamber, various...

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  3. Men of Iron (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    Three-part documentary series chronicling the lives and achievements of a generation of great Victorian engineers. Told through the rivalries of two families, the Stephensons and the Brunels, it also...

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  4. Under the River (1959 Film)

    Director
    R K Neilson-Baxter
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The construction of the Severn tunnel and a record of the unique group of six Cornish beam engines which kept the tunnel free of water for over 70 years before being replaced by electric pumps. The...

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  5. Thomas Telford (1963 Film)

    Director
    Douglas Gray
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a selection of Telford’s work, in the United Kingdom and abroad, and balances the relative importance of different aspects. The visual material is a mix of photography, contemporary prints and...

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  6. Glengowla (2010 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 36 minutes), £12.95

    Glengowla lead mine near Oughterard, County Galway in Ireland started in 1851 and mining was suspended in 1865. During that short 14 year period, "160 square fathoms" was stopped to produce 390 tonnes of...

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  7. Blacksmiths of Chatham Dockyard (1983 Video)

    Director
    Tony Othen; Angus Petrie
    Producer
    Philip Sugg
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

    An archival record of the blacksmith’s shop at Chatham dockyard showing a number of craft skills: forging, chain making and testing, spring making, locksmithing, stanchion making and galvanising. The...

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  8. Cruachan Hollow Mountain, The (2009)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 81 minutes), £19.56

    The story of the construction of the Cruachan pumped storage Hydro-Electric Scheme, one of the most ambitious schemes of its time. All stages of the construction are detailed in this meticulously produced...

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  9. Fred Dibnah’s World of Steel, Steam and Stone - Part 1 (2006)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 174 minutes), £19.99

    A series of 6 30-minute programmes in which the late Lancastrian steeplejack Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain.

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  10. Hand Rolling of Steel (1982)

    Director
    W.K.V. Gale
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 47 minutes), £12.00

    A record of the last Black Country hand steel rolling mill (John Bradley & Co.) made in 1982, only 3 days before it closed. The production follows the process from raw material to the final rolled section,...

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