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  1. 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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  2. Sources of Power (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The need for power was fundamental to the expanding industries of the 18th and 19th centuries. Water power was the first answer, but the geographical limitations led to the development of steam power in the...

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  3. Visit to Peek Frean and Company’s Biscuit Works, A (1906)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (24 minutes), £7.00 (Sands)

    An early ‘commercial’ made for the company. Shows workers getting up steam for the ovens, rolling dough and cutting shapes, a false fire alarm, workers leaving for lunch, workers packing biscuits,...

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  4. Damask Weaving (1980 Video)

    Director
    Brenda Percy
    Producer
    David Irwin
    Subject
    Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 53 min.

    Looks at the development of damask weaving in the north-east of Scotland with examples of patterns to be found in tablecloths and napkins. Also a demonstration by one of the surviving hand weavers of...

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  5. Acting in Turn (1974)

    Director
    Robin Jackson
    Producer
    George Seager
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

    Traces the development of the gear from the first recorded use in a crude form over two thousand years ago to its widespread use in many forms today. A lever is a means of transferring power. The gear wheel...

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  6. From Coal to Colour (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Paul Kafno
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at coke-making and the early history of gas lighting, and includes material on a surviving gas works at Newton Stewart in Scotland. Animation shows how coal tar collects as a by-product. Discusses...

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  7. 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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  8. Etna Brickworks (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS col. 11 min., 2005sale: 15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Etna Brickworks in West Lothian was opened in 1880 and for over a century produced refractories and common building bricks using a method that remained largely unchanged. In addition to the 28-chamber kiln...

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  9. Drakelow (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1998 sale: £9.87 (inclusive)

    In 1942 the Rover company built 5k of tunnels to house a hidden factory of over 26,000 square metres in the sandstone hill at Drakelow, near Kidderminster. Rover was building parts for radial aero engines...

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  10. Farming Yesteryear (1976 Video)

    Director
    John Macpherson
    Producer
    James Shiach
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

    A visit to the Agricultural Museum at Adamston, Huntly, owned by Hew McCall-Smith, to see some of the machines and agricultural practices of the 19th century.

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