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Light Load

Date released

Mar 1970

Series name

Mining Review 23rd Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

346484

Story no

4 / 4

NoS synopsis: Once a year 9 tons of coal are carried down a cliff face to heat the Douglas Head lighthouse on the Isle of Man.

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Seals (1986 Video)

Producer

Stuart Carter

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

The grey seal population on the Isle of May has greatly increased in recent years, reflecting a much larger population increase throughout the British Isles as a whole. Grey seals form part of a convenient...

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England - Die Unbekannte Insel (1945 Radio)

aka: Shakespeare Feature

Radio broadcast. Marius Goring aka Charles Richardson talks about Shakespeare’s Englishness. Includes a recitation of Caliban’s "The isle is full of noises" speech from The Tempest (in English and...

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Europeana Sounds website launched

Date

4 Jun 2014, 12:01

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

Post

Scheduled to run from February 2014 to January 2017, Europeana Sounds is a project co-funded by the European Commission and the Europeana Sounds consortium, for a total budget of €6.14m (€4.91m EU...

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(Untitled record)

Date released

26 Aug 1929

Series name

British Screen Tatler

Issue no

56

NoS ID

330510

NoS synopsis: excellent views of Castle Rushen.

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BIG WHEEL

Date released

Dec 1964

Series name

Mining Review 18th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

346269

Story no

3 / 4

BFI synopsis: the ingenious invention used by lead miners on the Isle of Man. NCB Commentary - The Isle of Man. People come to the Island for the sea - the countryside - and the amusements. But one of the...

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Early Textile Manufacturing Processes (1979 Video)

Director

Gordon Thomson

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17, 17, 5 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form...

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Making Teams Work (1993 Video)

Subject

Education

Distribution

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

Looks at team building through a case study of Carisbrook School, Newport, Isle of Wight. The school went through a difficult period when the previous head was away on sick leave for a lengthy period....

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Wind Energy (1986 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm, 28 minutes)

Describes wind power installations from the single unit on Fair Isle, which replaces an inadequate diesel generator, to the multi-power wind power stations in California. Viewers may find it interesting to...

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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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