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  1. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    5 Oct 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/81
    NoS ID
    113801
    Story no
    5 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    400,000 volt live power lines are no longer a deterrent to line-men of the Electricity Board. A specially developed safety unit allows them to work while the current flows.

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  2. Megavolt Power Lines

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    133
    NoS ID
    325557
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Engineers are competing with the elements to produce over five million volts of man-made lightning. On a test rig, the feasability of transmitting electricity at this huge voltage is being...

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  3. HIGH TENSION

    Date released
    Jan 1952
    Series name
    Mining Review 5th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    345729
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Leatherhead Electricity Research Station power lines, and high voltage experiments by the B.E.A. NCB Commentary - This is a common enough happening - and this. What’s being done about it?...

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  4. Line Overload Indicator

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    69
    NoS ID
    351134
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: When lightning strikes electricity power lines and there’s black-out, this neat, automatic device immediately helps to pinpoint the break, saving hours of frustrating checking.

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  5. Line Overload Indicator

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    69
    NoS ID
    351139
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: When lightning strikes electricity power lines and there’s black-out, this neat, automatic device immediately helps to pinpoint the break, saving hours of frustrating checking.

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  6. Egyptian Delegation Visit Electricity Installations

    Date released
    4 Jul 1976
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2457
    NoS ID
    030841

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Egyptian Delegation Visit Electricity Installations. DESCRIPTION: A delegation from Egypt toured the Electricity Supply Board’s plant at Turlough Hill. Earlier in their visit to...

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  7. STOCKS FOR WATTS

    Date released
    Jan 1960
    Series name
    Mining Review 13th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    346072
    Story no
    2 / 4

    NoS synopsis: the storing of coal for the new power station being built at High Marnham in Nottinghamshire which will be the largest electricity generating station in Britain (1,000MW) NCB Commentary -...

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  8. Live Wire

    Date released
    6 Oct 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2105
    NoS ID
    028032
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Live Wire. DESCRIPTION: Wearing a specially designed suit that conducts electricity, a linesman demonstrates the new technique that allows working on Power Lines without switching off...

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  9. NEW LINE

    Date released
    Dec 1954
    Series name
    Mining Review 8th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    345854
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Electrification of the Wath-Manchester railway line NCB Commentary - Near Doncaster the railway sidings at Wath serve over 50 collieries in the area. Here is the starting point of a newly...

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