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  1. Reports: New diving suit for Old Treasure

    Date released
    22 Apr 1937
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    411A
    NoS ID
    007545
    Story no
    7 / 12

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Diving Suit for Old Treasure. SHOTLIST: Diver donning new type suit. Close shots of the air valve machinery. Diver descending into the water.

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  2. British Museum - The Past Restored

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    77
    NoS ID
    351182
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: 1800 years ago the bronze mask of Emperor Lucius Verus was squashed in an earthquake. Its restoration at the British Museum is just one example of the salvaging of antiquities that goes on...

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  3. Great Day (1956 Video)

    Subject
    Sociology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    The opening by of Calder Hall, the world’s first nuclear power station.the world’s first nuclear power station, by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Describes the construction and design of the station, and shows...

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  4. Science against the History Books

    Date released
    23 Nov 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1851
    NoS ID
    025762
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Science Against the History Books. DESCRIPTION: In October, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte was a prisoner on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. He died there on the 5th of May...

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  5. Ploughing by Steam (1973 Film, Video)

    Director
    John Rogers
    Subject
    Agriculture; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes steam engines and shows in action - ploughing and cultivating in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, mole draining in Essex, dredging a lake in Warwickshire and a moat in Middlesex, moving a barn in...

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  6. Stained Glass Darkly

    Date released
    1973
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    129
    NoS ID
    325546
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: When the colour in stained glass fades, the aura of stained glass windows is spirited away. Dr Newton is using the tools of the twentieth century artisan so that we can see for ourselves how...

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  7. Stained Glass Darkly

    Date released
    1973
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    129
    NoS ID
    329592
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: When the colour in stained glass fades, the aura of stained glass windows is spirited away. Dr Newton is using the tools of the twentieth century artisan so that we can see for ourselves how...

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  8. From Coal to Colour (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Paul Kafno
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at coke-making and the early history of gas lighting, and includes material on a surviving gas works at Newton Stewart in Scotland. Animation shows how coal tar collects as a by-product. Discusses...

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  9. Now and then (1976 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Clifford Parris
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Describes the history of the gas industry from its introduction as an illuminating agent through to its use in heating and cooking. Discusses its competition with electricity and the factors which led to its...

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  10. Sulphuric Acid: The Lead Chamber Process (1983 Video)

    Director
    Brian Tomkins
    Producer
    David Jackson
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Using laboratory demonstrations, animation and archival film (1973) of the last lead chamber process plant to be worked at Seaton Carew, County Durham, Professor Russell shows how the growing demand for...

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