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  1. Old Glengowla Lead Mine (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.

    The Old Glengowla lead mine in County Galway, Ireland, operated from 1851 to 1865. Today, an underground trip down to water level shows old equipment and and a variety of minerals, and on the surface can be...

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  2. New Copyright Website

    Date
    6 Mar 2014, 12:57
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Post

    Copyrightuser.org is a new online resource aimed at making UK copyright law accessible to creators and members of the public. It has dedicated sections aimed at musicians, filmmakers, performers, writers,...

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  3. Mountains of Gold (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Economics; Environmental science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1993 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the role of the EEC, the World Bank, and multinational mining companies in the destruction of the Amazon forest and how it is related to Brazil’s national debt? Filmed over four years at Sossego,...

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  4. 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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  5. Developing Tomorrow’s Energy (1980 Film)

    Director
    Jim Turpie
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col 25 min.

    An account of the mining and refining of uranium showing how the development of energy from uranium is providing much of the world’s current needs.

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  6. Pollution Solution, The (1976 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Considers the surveillance and monitoring capabilities of earth orbiting satellites using acid waste pollution as a case study. Discusses the use of LANDSAT for information in reclaiming land after...

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  7. Appeal from the Rainforest, An (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

    Shows the effects of mining in the rain forest. Davi Yanomami makes the first-ever visit by a Yanomami spokesperson to Europe, to appeal for acknowledgement of Yonomami land rights. He also collects the...

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  8. Good and Hard: The Manufacture of Tungsten Carbide Products (1976 Film)

    Producer
    Peter Brown; John Grant
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The manufacture of tungsten carbide and its applications as a metal cutting tool, a mining, quarrying and tunnelling tool, and for wear resistant components in a variety of industries. Second-year...

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  9. Keeping an Industrial Country Green (1979 Film)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Three examples of preservation in the Federal Republic of Germany are shown: redesign of the over-developed industrial landscape along the Ruhr, recultivation of the open-pit lignite mining area and measures...

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  10. Ladder Drilling at Loch Awe (1960 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows how the Swedish ladder drilling method was applied by the British contractors George Wimpey and Co Ltd in driving the 3-mile long Inverawe tunnel which is a principal element of the Loch Awe...

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