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  1. Pine Point: Ore to Metal (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Detailed exploration gives the mining engineers at Pine Point an accurate model of ore before extraction. The programme shows the complex planning and subsequent operations required to eficiently mine the...

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  2. Portrait of a Miner : The National Coal Board (Vol 1) (2009)

    Subject
    Engineering; Film studies; History; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 347 minutes), £24.99

    This 2-disc collection showcases and celebrates the extraordinary work of the National Coal Board Film Unit - operating between 1947-1984 - producing films to inform, entertain and galvanise working people...

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  3. Serpent River (1987 Film, Video)

    Director
    Sandra Lahire
    Producer
    Sandra Lahire
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Concerns the people of Serpent River and Elliot Lake in northern Ontario, where there is a huge uranium mining operation owned by RTZ. Shows the effects of the mine on their lives and their environment,...

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  4. Historical Disasters: Black Christmas (2012)

    Subject
    History

    This documentary tells the story of the Pretoria Pit Disaster of 21 December 1910 in which 344 men and boys died, after an explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit, near Bolton, Lancashire. The film...

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  5. Copper Resources and Reserves (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Geology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Traces the history of copper extraction from Roman times to the end of the 19th century, and then looks at copper demand in the 20th century and how new technologies such as froth flotation enable copper to...

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  6. Froth Flotation (1969 Video)

    Director
    Trevor A Scott
    Producer
    Michael Clarke
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats b&w. 17 min.

    Explains the technique of froth flotation used in concentrating minerals from low-grade ores. Hydrophobicity and flotation are shown at laboratory scale, then at pilot-plant scale, finally in industrial...

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  7. Force Crag Mine (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 14 min., 1999 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the workings of Force Crag mine, the last metal mine in the north of England, which is now closed. Describes the operation of the minerals processing plant at Froce Crag and explains the underlying...

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  8. Global Ideas: Forests (2011)

    Subject
    Geography; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This film contains four case studies, each looking at a certain aspect of forests. Part 1 looks at Brazil’s tropical rainforests; Part 2 looks at ways in which farmers are combating desertification in...

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  9. Craftsmen of Dinorwic (1974 Video)

    Director
    Romola Christopherson
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

    Shows the Dinorwic slate quarry, Llanberis, North Wales, and the men and crafts associated with it and its workshops. Retired men returned to Dinorwic to demonstrate their skills for the camera. A quarryman...

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  10. Miners’ Hymns, The (2011)

    Producer
    Bill Morrison
    Subject
    History; Music; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £16.00

    This elegy, in film and music, to the coal mining history of north east England, is the product of a collaboration between filmmaker Bill Morrison and musician and composer Johann Johannson. Collaged from...

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