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Cogs All Set for the Big Count

Date released

23 Apr 1931

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

98A

NoS ID

002966

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Robot Machine. DESCRIPTION: A robot machine will sort out all your secrets when the census is taken of the population. SHOTLIST: Machine at work. Girls working at machines (counting)...

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Cogs All Set for the Big Count

Date released

20 Apr 1931

Series name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue no

64A

NoS ID

000486

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Robot Machine. DESCRIPTION: A robot machine will sort out all your secrets when the census is taken of the population. SHOTLIST: Machine at work. Girls working at machines (counting)...

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Terry-Thomas dies (1990)

Genre

Interview; Obituary

Comic actor Terry-Thomas has died after a 15 year battle against Parkinson’s disease. Camilla Affleck looks back at the man and his career. Harry Secombe, Richard Briers, Barbara Windsor and Lionel Blair...

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Save Fuel - Trailer

Date released

30 Nov 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/96

NoS ID

099738

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Remember, every time you ride in a train you are using coal that is needed to make the machines of war, and every time you ride in a bus you are using petrol that is required to drive these machines. So save...

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Washing Machine / Vacuum Cleaner (1988 Video)

Director

Andrew Snell

Producer

Elizabeth Queenan

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of some familiar domestic machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated...

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The White Collar Machines

Date released

1 Dec 1958

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2599

NoS ID

075291

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Housewives’ Choice

Date released

1958

Series name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue no

33

NoS ID

349501

Story no

1 / 3

BFI Summary - Visiting a washing-machine factory NFA synopsis: Looking at the manufacture and usefulness of washing machines. The item opens with a scene in a laundrette, with a man grumbling about having to...

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Press Button Bikinis

Date released

4 Feb 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1444

NoS ID

021474

Story no

2 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bikini From Slot Machines. DESCRIPTION: When our Summer comes, girls will buy their bikinis from slot machines. Margaret Rowe, Sunday Dispatch Beauty Queen gave an example of how the...

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Mechanisation of Textile Spinning, The (1984 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Illustrates the methods of working early textile machines, from the flying shuttle to the spinning mule. Engravings, cartoons and actual examples from Helmshare Higher Mill Museum are used. The final section...

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Storehouse of the Machines for Victory

Date released

8 May 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1079

NoS ID

064148

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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