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PUSH BUTTON PITHEAD

Date released

Oct 1954

Series name

Mining Review 8th Year

Issue no

2

NoS ID

345848

Story no

4 / 4

BFI synopsis: A completely automatic all-electric winding system installed down No.2 shaft at Lynemouth colliery near Northumberland, minimum human supervision. Onsetter releases coal, a full five ton per...

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Approaching Technology, The (1990 Video)

aka: Electronics for Engine Management

Producer

Philip Ashby

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

A review of the increasing need for electronics in car engine management. Using a range of classic vintage cars from the British Motor Heritage Collection, shows how car ignition systems, although growing in...

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The Lost World of Friese-Greene

Date

22 Jun 2015, 12:50

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

The Lost World of Friese-Greene. 2006. GB. DVD. 177 minutes. £19.99 N.B. This review originally appeared in issue 64 of Viewfinder in October 2006. About the reviewer: Professor Vanessa Toulmin is...

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SPACE SAVER

Date released

Jan 1965

Series name

Mining Review 18th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

346273

Story no

3 / 4

BFI synopsis: hydraulic motors underground save space. NCB Commentary - With increased mechanisation underground, it’s hard to keep a coal-face tidy - there’s so much essential equipment in use. Men...

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ROPE TRICK

Date released

Jan 1953

Series name

Mining Review 6th Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

345770

Story no

1 / 3

BFI synopsis: the automatic surface haulage layout at Kingshill collieries, Lanarkshire. NCB Commentary - The new Number 5 pit at Kingshill in Lanarkshire is two miles across the moor from Kingshill number...

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GLAMORGANSHIRE - WELSH SHOVEL

Date released

Jun 1959

Series name

Mining Review 12th Year

Issue no

10

NoS ID

346046

Story no

1 / 3

BFI synopsis: New techniques at Nantgarw colliery, near Cardiff. New technique for concreting tunnel walls shown with two men experimenting on wall of surface, then underground. Shot of driving tunnel to get...

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BOWHILL ON TOP

Date released

Apr 1954

Series name

Mining Review 7th Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

345825

Story no

3 / 4

BFI synopsis: Bowhill Colliery’s reorganistion station. Continues the story of Bowhill Colliery, Fife, modernisation (as featured in Mining Review 7th Year No 3). Looks at the changes on the surface...

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RIGHT LINES

Date released

Feb 1953

Series name

Mining Review 6th Year

Issue no

6

NoS ID

345774

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: a new mechanised pit bottom and handling at Shilbottle colliery. NCB Commentary - At Shilbottle Colliery in Northumberland has been built a brand new pit bottom, complete with electric railway...

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LONG HAUL

Date released

Dec 1952

Series name

Mining Review 6th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

345768

Story no

3 / 4

BFI synopsis: a cable-operated conveyor at Frances Colliery, East Fife. NCB Commentary - At Frances Colliery, in East Fife, manager Livingstone and Mr. Finnie, the agent, are pleased with their new main...

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SEA-BORNE

Date released

Nov 1959

Series name

Mining Review 13th Year

Issue no

3

NoS ID

346066

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: Mining Review goes to Denmark with a cargo of British coal for Scandinavian power stations. NCB Commentary - By train through the English Countryside, go a party of coal buyers from five...

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