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  1. Power from the Wind

    Date released
    22 Sep 1932
    Series name
    Pathe Sound Pictorial
    Issue no
    755
    NoS ID
    114303
    Story no
    3 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    For centuries Man has searched for methods of obtaining power from the wind. Here’s a new type of wind machine, which is claimed to be a great advance in efficiency over the usual types.

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  2. Tug Master

    Date released
    12 Nov 1956
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    098
    NoS ID
    120299
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: From majesty in the air to majesty at sea. At Southampton docks we find the world’s largest passenger liner, "The Queen Elizabeth", preparing for another Atlantic crossing. Yet on days oie...

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  3. A Simple Solution: Scrap Cone

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    209
    NoS ID
    325892
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Recycled scrap metal is increasingly being used as raw material for steel. Huge flat electromagnets move this scrap to furnaces for melting; but because of their shape their magnetic field...

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  4. Non-Violent Agriculture: Solid Straw

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    165
    NoS ID
    325699
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: A few unusual approaches to stepping up efficiency in agriculture. Every year, the equivalent of millions of tons of fuel is burned off to rid the fields of straw. And the major reason is that...

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  5. ATOMS & ENERGY

    Date released
    Feb 1968
    Series name
    Mining Review 21st Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    346400
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: examines the place of nuclear energy in the nation’s energy structure. NCB Commentary - Let’s take a look into the future - into the 1970s. What will we see? Well, one thing we don’t...

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  6. SHAFT STUDY

    Date released
    May 1959
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    346045
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: work study survey of shaft operations. Method Study Department sets out to make the safest and most effective use of the industry’s resources. NCB Commentary - The stop-watch comes into its...

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  7. COAL WELL USED

    Date released
    Jun 1953
    Series name
    Mining Review 6th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    345789
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the Littlebrook B power station at Dartford, Kent - one of the most efficient coal-burning stations. NCB Commentary - Meet the champion power station of 1952, Littlebrook ‘B’ at Dartford...

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  8. RAKE’S PROGRESS

    Date released
    Mar 1959
    Series name
    Mining Review 12th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346038
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: New German tunnelling machinery brings life to a long disused pit. NCB Commentary - Brynlliw Colliery, abandoned in 1927 as uneconomic, is to live again. Reconstruction going on since 1954 is...

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  9. LOTHIANS

    Date released
    May 1956
    Series name
    Mining Review 9th Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    345914
    Story no
    2 / 3

    NoS synopsis: a profile of Scottish Division’s Area 2, showing new methods of cutting and loading now being introduced NCB Commentary - The Lothians are is one of the expanding coalfields of Britain....

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