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Ninian Central Platform (1979 Film)

Director

Oscar Marzaroli

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Record of the construction of a 600,000 tonne offshore drilling platform at Loch Kishorn in the North West Highlands of Scotland. Shows the mating of the structure with its steel deck and its tow out and...

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Movable Steel Bridges (Full Version) (1993 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 78 min., 1995 sale: £300.00 (inclusive)

In a historical survey this video shows the developments of movable bridge technology, always in relationship to the equilibrium between the movable deck and the counterweight. Highlights the four modern...

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Movable Steel Bridges (Abbreviated Version) (1993 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. ? min., 1995 sale: £100.00 (inclusive)

In a historical survey this video shows the developments of movable bridge technology, always in relationship to the equilibrium between the movable deck and the counterweight. Highlights the four modern...

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Bridge Across the Humber (1982 Film)

Director

John Byrd

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the various stages of construction in the building of the superstructure of the Humber Bridge. Describes the spinning of the main suspension cables, the raising of the road deck units to completion of...

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Fly Navy! (1994 Video)

Director

Gary Johnstone

Producer

Gary Johnstone

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1994 sale: £20.00( +VAT +p&p) (Academy) 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive) (retail)

Impression of the aircraft carrier ‘USS Theodore Roosevelt’ and the 6000 sailors, marines and pilots who serve on board. Follows the ship as it sails through the Suez Canal and across the Mediterranean...

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Hammersmith Flyover, The (1961 Film, Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

London’s Hammersmith Flyover was constructed to carry westbound traffic over the approach roads to Hammersmith Broadway. The superstructure of the flyover is of prestressed concrete construction supported...

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Matter of Span, A (1969 Film, Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the manufacture of factory-produced pre-stressed concrete beams. Demonstrates with the aid of diagrams, how each type of unit is used to form a bridge deck. These operations are then shown in the...

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Ynysygwas Bridge Beam Tests (1990 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Free loan (ICE) Sale (TRL only), Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 1998 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc p&p) (TRL)

As part of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory’s work enabling highway authorities to ensure that post-tensioned concrete bridges remain servicexs, load tests were carried out using a specially...

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Fatal Flaw, The (1994 Video)

aka: Ferries: The Fatal Flaw

Producer

Andrew Williams

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

After the sinking of the ferry ‘Estonia’ on 28 September 1994, the programme looks at the failure of governments and ferry companies to address the real problem of roll-on roll-off car ferries - their...

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New Product Design and Development (2 Parts) (1993 Video)

Subject

Business studies; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29, 20 min., 1994 sale: £25.00

A recording of a lecture by Kevin Thompson, a design consultant, discussing the practicalities of product development: where the ideas come from and how they evolve into successful new products. Examples are...

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