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Kariba Dam - Big Progress - Rhodesia

Date released

27 Aug 1959

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

59/69

NoS ID

108783

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Huge transformers travel by road to new dam.

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Transformation

Date released

Aug 1956

Series name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue no

27

NoS ID

349481

Story no

2 / 5

NoS synopsis: An item showing the sports ground at Cookley, Staffordshire being dug up for an extension of the Cookley works to enable manufacture of grain-oriented steel for use in electrical transformers....

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Bottled Lightning

Date released

16 Apr 1928

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

524

NoS ID

347938

Story no

2 / 7

NoS synopsis: transformers at Hollinwood, Lancashire

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Bridge That Gap

Date released

15 Feb 1965

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1863

NoS ID

025870

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bridge That Gap. DESCRIPTION: Territorials of the Royal Engineers and the RASC have been building a bridge across the River Weaver in Cheshire, to transport 2 giant transformers from...

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Indian Training College

Date released

Jan 1964

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

20

NoS ID

327599

Story no

2 / 5

NoS synopsis: Visits an industrial training college in India located within a British designed and built factory at Bhopal in India, which produces a wide range of electrical plant, including switch gear,...

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Ninety Tons Dead Weight

Series name

Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue no

36

NoS ID

351838

Story no

2 / 7

Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: A 90 ton Transformer is moved from the siding to the switching station at Nkana. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - The heaviest single road lift in Southern African history was...

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Kariba Dam Report

Date released

27 Aug 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1577A

NoS ID

023191

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kariba Dam Report. DESCRIPTION: The first of ten giant transformers for the hydro-electric installation at Kariba, in Rhodesia. On its way to the site, bridges had to be strengthened to...

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Hover Giants

Date released

20 Feb 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1968

NoS ID

026775

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hover Giants. DESCRIPTION: The bigger the hovercraft, the greater its efficiency. At Cowes on the Isle of Wight, Westlands are building the Giant SRN4 ferry. Demonstrated near...

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