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High and Dry

Date released

13 Dec 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1749A

NoS ID

024916

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High and Dry. DESCRIPTION: A piece of good news from the ship building industry, the completion of this new dry dock on the Tyne. It’s 850 ft long and 145 ft wide at the entrance,...

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Right in the Picture

Date released

1957

Series name

Home and Away

Issue no

12

NoS ID

352825

Story no

2 / 4

BFI synopsis: Looks at the use of various photographic equipment by the company, and also how one of their boilers is used by Kodak. There are scenes inside a photographer’s studio, and also the accounts...

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Nuclear Submarine, A (2010)

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

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

Taking fourteen years to design and build and costing around a billion pounds, nuclear submarine the Astute is one of the most technologically advanced and controversial machines in the world. For over a...

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Undersea Gas Pipe

Date released

23 Oct 1977

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2525

NoS ID

031049

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Undersea Gas Pipe. DESCRIPTION: To carry North Sea Gas from the Anglo-Norwegian Frigg Field a pipeline has had to be laid beneath the Firth of Forth. A 3 mile channel was dredged...

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Regressing to Quality (1995)

Producer

Andrew Law

Subject

Engineering; Mathematics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 25 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Shows how the statistical technique of regression analysis is used at three stages in the manufacture of steel pipes to manufacture North Sea oil by addressing the following questions: given the sulphur...

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Inside a Factory: The Bmw Mini (2003)

aka: Inside a Factory: The New Mini

Subject

Business studies; Engineering

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £120.00

Alison Hammond goes inside BMW’s Mini factory in Oxford and explores the key stages of the production process. She begins by looking at production planning and the ‘Kiss’ computer program that analyses...

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Up Goes the Umbrella

Date released

8 Aug 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1783A

NoS ID

025201

Story no

2 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Up Goes the Umbrella. DESCRIPTION: Traffic in Oxford Circus came to a halt at lunch-time on Saturday: a round-the-clock, 65-hour marathon lay ahead to build an umbrella-bridge across...

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Flags Under the North Sea (1982)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The Far North Liquids and Associated Gas Systems or FLAGS is an Esso/Shell joint venture. Gives a detailed account of how the 450-kilometre-long pipeline was laid in the North Sea in waters 150 meters deep...

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To Stop Rolling at Sea

Date released

3 Apr 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1504A

NoS ID

022306

Story no

4 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mary Stabilisers. DESCRIPTION: Over eighty thousand tons on liner, in dry dock at Southampton. She’s the Queen Mary, and she was there, having her stabilisers fitted. Now...

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Ready for the Off

Date released

5 Jun 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2087A

NoS ID

027881

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ready for the Off. DESCRIPTION: One of the world’s most modern veterinary hospitals ensures that injured race horses are soon back in the Starting Stalls. A surprise to most punters...

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