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  1. Newcomen’s Atmospheric Engine

    Date released
    1952
    Series name
    Shell Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    20
    NoS ID
    349968
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI Summary - one of the oldest steam engines in the world at work Shell synopsis: The first feature is entitled ‘Newcomen’s Atmospheric Engine’.  In 1705 Thomas Newcomen, a Devonshire ironmonger,...

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  2. West Highland (2001)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 30 minutes), £19.99

    A classic 1960 BBC Scotland documentary made by John Gray about life and workings on the West Highland Railway in the last days of steam.

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  3. Hampshire’s Steam Pumping Stations (2 Parts) (1975 Video)

    Producer
    Judith S Leathart
    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 4, 10 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (inclulsive) each part

    1 (1972): Shows a water pumping station in 1926 that survived virtually unchanged until 1971. Shows a general view of the pumping station, and then moves step-by-step from the hand stoking of the steam...

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  4. Launching Steam Engines from Beardmore’s Works

    Date released
    14 Jan 1924
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1337
    NoS ID
    079615
    Story no
    4 / 4

    Small train tows another.

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  5. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: On the Move (2005)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank looks at the development of transport during the Industrial Revolution, including the roadbuilding of John Loudon Macadam; James Brindley’s canal network; George Stephenson and the...

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  6. Cannon Girl

    Date released
    5 Sep 1974
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2361A
    NoS ID
    030464
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cannon Girl & Steam Fair. DESCRIPTION: At the Severn Steam Fair in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, human cannon ball Mary Connors takes off to a wet landing. SHOTLIST: CU sign Borough of...

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  7. Steam Fair

    Date released
    29 Aug 1976
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2465
    NoS ID
    030858
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Steam Fair. DESCRIPTION: Machines that once toured the country bring pleasure to many, gathered in a clearing in Windsor Forest for a Steam Fair. The majestic Steam Organs once again...

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  8. 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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  9. The Bluebell Line

    Date released
    1980
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1110
    NoS ID
    329351
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: In Britain the age of steam is still alive and puffing, with over 100 steam railway companies now operating. Maggie Palmer visits the Bluebell Line in Sussex and meets the Reverend Awdry,...

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  10. James Watt (1959 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Life and work of the Scottish engineer and inventor, particularly his invention of the separate condenser.

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