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REAPING THE WIND

Date released

Dec 1951

Series name

Mining Review 5th Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

345727

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: a windmill electricity generator at Costa Head in Orkney. NCB Commentary - The northernmost regular air service in Britain is the run between Aberdeen and the Orkney and Shetland islands....

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Building in the Wind (1978 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 min.

Discusses the efforts of scientists to deal with the often destructive forces of wind through the science of wind engineering. Shows the collapse of a suspension bridge due to ‘resonance effects’....

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Twelfth Night. Part 7: The Wind and the Rain (1959 Television)

aka: Wind and the Rain, The

Series

For Schools

Director

Peter Robinson (2)

Eight-part television drama series for schools, presented by John Westbrook. Episode 7 discusses the character of Feste and the role of the Fool.

Shakespeare Shakespeare productions Record only

Scopes 'Monkey Trial' Newsreel Footage

Date

6 Oct 2009, 16:00

Author

Eve-Marie

Post Type

Post

As part of our News on Screen /NewsFilm Online Linking Project we have rediscovered original newsreel footage on the famous Scopes 'Monkey trial' of 1925 that inspired the thrilling courtroom drama 'Inherit...

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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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Wind Turbines in the Landscape (1994 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

Explains how the likely visual impact of wind turbines and wind farms can be evaluated and shows that the subjective nature of visual impact assessments is complex and open to a wide variety of...

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Wind Power (1984 Film, Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows examples of newly designed power plants, exploiting wind energy, subsidised either through private or government initiatives. The largest and most powerful being GROWIAN serving approximately 4000...

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Power from the Wind (1989 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

Considers how wind energy was used in the past to perform a range of tasks, from draining the land to grinding corn and sugar cane. With the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution the...

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Shetland: Watts in the Wind (1986 Video)

Producer

Andrew Millington

Subject

Business studies; Mathematics; Technology

Distribution

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

Looks at how modelling was used to help plan the introduction of wind power to Shetland Islands electricity supply system. The modelling process is put in the context of the hard systems method.

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Prediction of Wind Loads (1978 Film, Video)

Director

David Hayward

Subject

Architecture; Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Concerned with buildings that are ‘wind-sensitive’ because of shape, size, location and relationship to nearby structures. Points out that such buildings are not covered by the BS Code of Practice and,...

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