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  1. A Matter of Scale

    Date released
    1954
    Series name
    Babcock Review
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    352810
    Story no
    1 / 3

    Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: Model-making can be much more than a hobby, models both simple and complex being widely used in industry for planning, for training and for demonstration. We pay a visit to the...

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  2. Sand Islands (1977 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A description of the stages (from concept through model to prototype) leading to the production of cheap, stable man-made islands. Shows the prototype construction of an island by hydraulically placing sand...

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  3. View Journal CfP: Archaeologies of Tele-Visions and -Realities

    Date
    15 Oct 2014, 08:25
    Author
    Eve-Marie
    Post Type
    Post

    Over the last decade the label “media archaeology” has brought together a growing scholarship investigating new forms of historical research and narratives. While the field resists a coherent...

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  4. Beating the Morning Rush (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Adamyk
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    A case study of transport planning in Milton Keynes, a rapidly changing modern British city. Shows how planners use sophisticated computer-based modelling techniques to calculate traffic flow on roads yet to...

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  5. Keeping Your Distance (1993 Video)

    Producer
    John Jaworski
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    You are driving along, unhindered by traffic: how close should you drive to the car in front of you in order to be safe? The programme considers this as a modelling problem and approaches it first with a...

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  6. Inside Technology: Taking Control (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    A video-based training package that looks at control technology in everyday life, shows the design and construction of a controllable model, examines control systems in manufacturing (the development of the...

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  7. Bridging the Gap / The Best Laid Plans (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby; Gail Block
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    An introduction stress and materials, filmed at the construction site of the Waterloo International Terminal in London, showing the inter-relation of structural design and choice of materials, and the use of...

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  8. Gas and Steam Turbines (1982 Video)

    Director
    Martin Wright
    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at the theory behind gas turbine cycles using studio animations and a schematic model. A visit to the CEGB Ironbridge Power Station shows how this is used in practice. Shows the working gas and steam...

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  9. New Pillar Box for the Post Office (1986 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Design
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, 80 slides., 1993 sale: £30.00 +VAT +p&p

    Looks at the work of industrial designer Tony Gibbs of Hop Studios and the development of a design for a pillar box. Describes each stage of development from presentation drawings, model making and...

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  10. BRETBY MAGIC

    Date released
    Mar 1963
    Series name
    Mining Review 16th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346202
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: 20 year-old Alan Bottril, an NCB welder and plater is also a magician. NCB Commentary - At the Coal Board’s Area Workshops at Swadlincote, near Burton-on-Trent, 20-year old Alan Bottrill is...

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