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Check It out Before You Dig It out (2000)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; FE; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 16 minutes), £13.25 (hire) £105.75 (sale)

Gives essential safety training for contractors working near underground cables and overhead lines. It will help employers to meet their legal responsibility for health and safety. Highlights the dangers of...

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Danger of Death

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, minutes), £99.00

Features Ian Smith who lost both hands and feet as a result of contact with an overhead electricity cable. This and other reconstructions of past accidents are used to show how they can be avoided. The video...

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Shock Horror (1993 Video)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Free loan Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min., 2000 hire: £14.85 (inclusive) 2000 sale: £49.50 (inclusive) Free loan to UK educational establishments

Discusses the dangers of overhead power lines crossing agricultural premises and the appalling consequences of contact with them while using machinery such as sprayers, loaders and tractor-mounted...

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Hidden Power (1994 Video)

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explores the materials science behind the engineering of national electricity supplies, both above and below ground. Shows work inside a high-voltage test lab and inside the production areas for porcelain...

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Outdoor Safety

Subject

Engineering; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 17), £265.00

Heat, cold, wind, rain and U.V. exposure are just some of the weather extremes which the outdoor worker has to contend with. These together with other outdoor hazards such as roads and overhead power lines...

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James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

aka: James May’s 20th Century

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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