Results

Floods Threaten Dam

Date released

20 Feb 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1498A

NoS ID

022230

Story no

7 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kariba Dam. DESCRIPTION: The Kariba project in Rhodesia is threatened, and the circular coffer dam was seen on the brink of being submerged beneath the swirling river. Soon afterwards,...

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

Extreme Weather: The Somerset Levels (2016)

aka: The Somerset Floods

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00

In the winter of 2013/2014 the UK was hit by a succession of 13 low pressure systems causing extreme flooding on the Somerset Levels. This DVD looks at the human and physical causes of the floods and...

DVD Find Other To order

Barrier against Floods

Date released

3 Feb 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2070

NoS ID

027729

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Barrier Against Floods. DESCRIPTION: The GLC anticipates spending forty million pounds on a barrier or barrage across the Thames, to save London from the risk of floods. SHOTLIST: MS...

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image

Village, The (2006)

Director

Jojo Tobbitt

Subject

Environmental science; Geography; History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £20,00

THE VILLAGE is a 30 minute documentary portraying one English village’s (Islip in Oxfordshire) struggle for survival. Including photography and archive material, the film traces the history of the village...

DVD Find Other To order

Two In One: Alarm Clock

Date released

1978

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

230

NoS ID

325957

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: There’s something captivating about getting two things for the price of one. It appeals to all of us. In science and technology too, minds are constantly stretched in the search for devices...

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

Floods Follow Gale Havoc

Date released

9 Dec 1954

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

54/96

NoS ID

106177

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Britain suffers severe flooding following recent gales and rainstorms

News on Screen Cinema news Digitised Documents Online Moving image

Cranberry Eves

Date released

17 Jan 1929

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

398

NoS ID

332069

Story no

1 / 6

NoS Summary - Harvesting cranberries in North America. British Pathe synopsis: Various shots of the Cranberry harvest somewhere in North America. "Cranberry picking, like golf, is an open-air game - but...

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

On-The-Land Ploughing

Date released

1972

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

97

NoS ID

325439

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Down at the bottom of the furrow there’s a problem... packed-down soil, and a danger of flooding. The cause, the weight of the tractor wheel in the furrow when ploughing. Automatic steering...

News on Screen Cinema news To order Moving image

Foundation Failure and Repairs (2007)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes), £75.00

An introduction to foundation failure and repairs. It briefly explains the evolution of modern house foundations, summarises and illustrates the main causes of failure and describes a number of options for...

DVD Find Other Online

Europe Freezes

Date released

9 Feb 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1392A

NoS ID

020717

Story no

4 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Europe Freezes. DESCRIPTION: It takes a lot to freeze the Danube, but Europe has had a lot. And the famous river has been blocked with ice to such an extent that serious flooding has...

News on Screen Cinema news Online Moving image