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Italy - The Fury of Vesuvius

Date released

8 Aug 1927

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

832-2

NoS ID

131427

Story no

1 / 6

[SUBTITLE]: "The mighty volcano, after a period of rest, emits a steady flow of molten lava into the ‘Valley of Hell’." Shots of the volcano throwing up smoke and ashes and of the stream of lava moving...

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The Fifth" Goes Up!

Date released

7 Nov 1932

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

177

NoS ID

032333

Story no

2 / 6

It all ends in smoke! Somerset folks "honour" Guy Fawkes in true West Country style. 1. While in Sussex ... Lewes sends Guy Fawkes to blazes with Bonfire Night’s biggest celebration.

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Smoke is Air Raids Precaution

Date released

29 Jul 1929

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

591

NoS ID

348309

Story no

4 / 4

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'Hoist with Its Own Petard’

Date released

20 Jan 1927

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

804-1

NoS ID

131023

Story no

3 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "The smoke stack of a war-time powder factory at Hounslow razed by explosives." A man places fuses at the base of a factory chimney. Long shot of the consequent explosion and the chimney falls...

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Smoke Screens New York

Date released

18 Nov 1935

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

493

NoS ID

034210

Story no

6 / 7

Latest defence manoeuvres. Army planes build spectacular wall round Manhattan Island.

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The Other Man’s Job

Date released

5 Jul 1943

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/26; Paramount Issue No.: 1288

NoS ID

156642

Story no

1 / 3

Reclaimed timber gets us out of wood. Salvaged wood from bombed ruins is put to a variety of uses. Timber is re-made into planks and used in the production of ammunition boxes and for the protection of smoke...

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The problem of smoke elimination

Date released

Jan 1948

Series name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

334736

Story no

1 / 2

NoS Summary - The work of the Fuel Research Station in trying to eliminate smoke from ships’ furnaces is profiled. A machine has been made that can do it. This principle is now being applied on land in...

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Fire in Store (1980)

Director

David Hayward

Subject

Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 15 minutes), £37.60

Following a major fire in the Manchester Woolworth’s store in 1979, the Fire Research Station carried out various experiments with sprinkler systems to try to find an efficient way of controlling furniture...

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California Dreaming (1991 Video)

Producer

John Lynch

Subject

Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at Los Angeles: a city built around the car with choking smoke and at the auto industry’s response: electric cars and convoys of self-driving cars. Also examines the changes that the city might have...

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Saving Clouds!

Date released

12 Jan 1931

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

667

NoS ID

348659

Story no

3 / 5

NoS synopsis: Battleships at sea release clouds of black smoke to conceal

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