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Asbestos from Quebec

Date released

2 Mar 1953

Series name

Universal Irish News

Issue no

115

NoS ID

134500

Story no

2 / 7

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Asbestos Alert (1998 Video)

Director

Terry Page

Producer

Barbara Page

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2005 sale: £99.00 (inclusive)

Explains the hazards, including the health problems arising from exposure to asbestos and what supervisors and employees should do if they find anything that may be, or may contain, asbestos. Also covers the...

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How Are You Today?: The Risks of Asbestos in Buildings (2001 Video)

Subject

FE; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min., 2004 sale: £42.12 (+VAT + p&p)

Provides advice on undertaking a visual asbestos survey, preparing a location plan, and preparing and implementing a management plan. Also advises on the health risks associated with asbestos, the risks of...

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Asbestos: The Indestructible Killer (2001)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Health & safety

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version), £119.00

A CD-ROM covering the three types of asbestos, where it has been used, where it can be found, its health problems and how supervisors and employees can avoid exposure and health problems. The programme is a...

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Too Close to Home (1988 Video)

Director

Mike Cocker; Peter Moore

Producer

Chris Bryer; Jill Turton

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 44 min.

In the last 20 years, 29 people from Armley, Leeds, have died from mesothelioma, a cancer caused by asbestos and which can lay dormant for 50 years. None of the people ever worked with asbestos, the only...

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Spinning Asbestos

Date released

1971

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

76

NoS ID

351175

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Firefighters can now be fire walkers, if they happen to be wearing suits of Fortex, a lightweight yarn spun from the fireproof mineral asbestos. A specially developed "dispersion processing"...

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Spinning Asbestos

Date released

1971

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

76

NoS ID

351179

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Firefighters can now be fire walkers, if they happen to be wearing suits of Fortex, a lightweight yarn spun from the fireproof mineral asbestos. A specially developed "dispersion processing"...

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RAF Keep Cool in Fire Fighting Demonstration

Date released

27 Sep 1937

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

687

NoS ID

035464

Story no

7 / 8

Extras

1 shot list

Asbestos suits and modern equipment help RAF in fight against flying’s greatest horror - crashing in flames.

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Asbestos Suit

Date released

1968

Series name

Calendar

Issue no

247

NoS ID

324159

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Mintex

Date released

Apr 1970

Series name

Parade

Issue no

77

NoS ID

352675

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: Production of brake linings from asbestos quarried in East Quebec, Canada.

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