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Design in Iron (1971 Film)

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the importance of cast iron in engineering, to indicate the various types of cast iron, and to illustrate the casting techniques. Covers grey, malleable, nodular and alloy irons, and illustrates green...

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Iron and Steel Production (1999 Video)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the manufacture of iron and steel from iron ore, showing the process of reduction, using carbon as a reducing agent; the destructive distillation of coal through pyrolysis; the production of coke in...

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Portland Iron Foundry, Brighton (1989 Video)

Director

John Warr

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 185 min.

Blaber’s Portland Foundry, a working foundry in Brighton, under threat of development, shown at work. Interviews with the foreman and demonstrations of casting and fettling. Filmed March 1989.

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Great Iron and Steel Rollercoaster, The (1995 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

An introduction to physical resources, environment and political issues illustrated by the changing fortunes of the iron and steel industry in the UK from earliest times to the present. Examines major...

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Hard Rock Mechanised Mining. Part 3: Iron and Zinc (195 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Demonstrates the application of modern mining equipment in the extraction of iron and zinc.

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Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron (1958 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Describes how the properties of cast iron can be radically improved by altering the shape of its graphite particles from flakes to spheroids. This confers on it unusual properties of strength and ductility....

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Any Old Iron (1996 Video)

Director

Kelda Holmes

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 143 min.

Looks at the working life of a rag-and-bone man in the Chislehurst area of London, and examines how changes in lifestyles have effected his livelihood. Contrasts between neighbourhoods where he collects and...

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Any Old Iron. Tape 1 (1996)

Director

Kelda Holmes

Distribution

Reference only, Videocassette. Hi-8.

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Any Old Iron. Tape 3 (1996)

Director

Kelda Holmes

Distribution

Reference only, Videocassette. Hi-8.

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Any Old Iron. Tape 2 (1996)

Director

Kelda Holmes

Distribution

Reference only, Videocassette. Hi-8.

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