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The Rotodyne

Date released

11 Nov 1957

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1484

NoS ID

022021

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Rotodyne. DESCRIPTION: Two Napier-Eland propeller-turbines. A four-bladed rotor, powered by jets at the tips. Principle features on a specification for success, as the world’s...

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World’s Fastest Warship

Date released

24 Sep 1959

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1581A

NoS ID

023238

Story no

5 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World’s Fastest Warship. DESCRIPTION: She is HMS Brave Borderer, the latest design in fast patrol boats for the Navy. Her most unusual outward features are the holes in her stern,...

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Turbo Prop Tour

Date released

1951

Series name

Oil Review

Issue no

5

NoS ID

349294

Story no

2 / 2

NoS Summary - Flying and fueling the Vickers Viscount Aircraft BP synopsis: The new Turbo-propeller aircraft the Vickers ‘Viscount’ recently made a series of demonstration flights in Europe. This item...

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Power

Date released

1950

Series name

Cinegazette

Issue no

6

NoS ID

349267

Story no

3 / 3

NoS Summary - An exploration of electricity production and use in London Transport networks. NoS synopsis: Electricity is used everywhere in London Transport networks, from signs to escalators to lights....

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Power from the Wind (1989 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

Considers how wind energy was used in the past to perform a range of tasks, from draining the land to grinding corn and sugar cane. With the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution the...

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Jet-Set Navy

Date released

20 Feb 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2072A

NoS ID

027756

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Jet-Set Navy. DESCRIPTION: A marine version of the Concorde’s engine features in the Navy’s formula for joining the Jet Set. It’s part of the power pack installed in HMS Exmouth,...

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Sustainable Design (Volvo): Life Cycle Assessment (2009)

aka: Volvo - Life Cycle Analysis

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 26 minutes), £40.00

With extraordinary access to their car manufacturing plant in Sweden, Volvo’s environmental experts show how life cycle analysis has enabled them to reduce the carbon footprint of their products and...

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Genius of Inventions, The (2013)

Producer

Dominic Crossley-Holland

Subject

Science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £780.00

This series takes twelve inventions and explores how they have changed the way people live. They explain how these inventions came about, from sparks of genius to steady incremental improvements, and...

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MORE POWER

Date released

Mar 1963

Series name

Mining Review 16th Year

Issue no

7

NoS ID

346200

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: Richborough power station. NCB Commentary - Out of this quiet water two thousand years ago came the Romans. On the Kent shore, where they landed, they built Richborough Castle - for five...

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How Yukong Moved the Mountains (12 Parts) (1976 Film)

Director

Joris Ivens; Marceline Loridan

Subject

History; Sociology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The 12 films in the series, shot over a period of three years with a Chinese crew, show everyday life in contemporary China. 1: deals with the world of Kao Chou Lan, a solderer in a locomotive factory,...

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