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Lift off 1 (1973 Film)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows the professional engineer at work: suggests the kind of responsibility placed on him by a highly mechanical society and gives an example of the application of his academic training to a practical...

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Anthills to Labyrinths - Engineering Sustainable Architecture (2010)

Subject

Architecture; Engineering; Environmental science

Video recording of a talk given at the RSA on 25 November 2010 by environmental engineer, Patrick Bellew, in which he shares his experience of the past twenty years on how high performance buildings are...

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Future Systems: Concern for Tomorrow (1991 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1997 sale: £29.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Future Systems is the London-based practice of Jan Kaplicky and Amanda Levete. Their architecture is inspired by space spin-offs; aircraft design; and high-tech industries, materials and methods of joining....

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Santiago Calatrava (1993 Video)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min., 1997 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A view of an exhibition of the work of Santiago Calatrava at the RIBA in late 1992, and a recording of Calatrava in conversation with British architect Denis Sharp. Calatrava is an architect and engineer who...

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To Engineer is Human (1994 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Information technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

Looks at engineering failures and asks if anything can be done to prevent or reduce them. The collapsed hotel walkways in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, in July 1981; the failure of an...

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Washing Machine / Vacuum Cleaner (1988 Video)

Director

Andrew Snell

Producer

Elizabeth Queenan

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of some familiar domestic machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated...

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Introduction to Prestressed Concrete, An (1978 Film, Video)

Director

Guy Fergusson

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Begins with the early history of prestressed concrete and the pioneering work of French engineer, Eugène Freyssinet. Animated sequences show how prestressing increases the tensile strength of concrete; pre-...

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Dyslexic Engineer, The (1991 Video)

aka: Nuts and Bolts of Ben Bowlby, The

Director

Michael Proudfoot

Producer

Michael Proudfoot

Subject

Education

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

Tells the story of Ben Bowlby, who, despite his dyslexia, has gained a first-class honours degree in engineering. Retraces Ben’s difficulties at schools and looks at how play and encouragement in the...

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Frequency Response (1979 Video)

Producer

Ted Smith

Subject

Physics

Distribution

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

Discusses frequency response - both in terms of how it is measured and its underlying theoretical origin. Electronic systems can be analysed in terms of their response to sine waves. By changing the...

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Molecular Engineers (1991 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Some of the world’s greatest chemists describe how they can engineer complex molecular structures from just four basic building blocks: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen. Using a series of assembly...

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