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  1. Brush with Industry, A (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    An account of Shell’s involvement with many distinguished artists over the years. Shows a number of paintings exhibited at the Barbican in 1983 to mark 50 years of Shell advertising art. Bill Mitchell...

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  2. Distillation2 (1966)

    Director
    Rodney Giesler
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 14 min.

    Demonstration of the separation of hydrocarbon compounds in crude oil. Using models, the working of the fractionating tower in a distillation unit is shown. Shows a few of the varied uses of the finished...

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  3. New Materials Frontier, The (1990)

    Director
    John Black
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 34 min.

    Looks at the structure, development and applications of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites.

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  4. Farmstead, The (1982)

    Director
    Peter Mills
    Producer
    Stephanie Tennant
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 21 min.

    Looks at how the buildings of a farm adapt to the needs of farming in any given period or region and how they provide information about the social and economic life of the surrounding countryside.

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  5. Petrol (1985)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 21 min.

    Production of gasoline from crude oil by fractional distillation. Discusses the nature of oil, the suitability of gasoline fraction for spark ignition engines and fuel design to suit purpose and operating...

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  6. Engines of Change (1993)

    Director
    David Sinclair
    Producer
    Douglas Gordon
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 29 min.

    Describes the major developments of the motor car and some associated issues of safety, pollution and impact on road building programmes and town planning. Also discusses developments in fuels and some of...

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  7. Village, The (1980)

    Director
    Peter Mills
    Producer
    Stephanie Tennant
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 25 min.

    Traces the development of the English village and considers whether this form of settlement can survive. Burford, Milton Abbas, Bourneville, and Long Milford are used as examples.

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  8. High Speed Flight (Simplified Version) (1960)

    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A compilation made from the three films in the HIGH SPEED FLIGHT series, illustrating the behaviour of airflow at speeds approaching, around, and beyond that of sound: the effects of airflow behaviour on...

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  9. Troposcatter (1983)

    Director
    Chris Georgiou
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

    Discusses offshore communications explaining the principle of troposcatter, discovered in 1933 by Marconi, which bounces radio waves off the troposphere, the lowest layer of the earth’s atmosphere. The...

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  10. Unseen Enemies (1974)

    Director
    Michael Clarke
    Producer
    Stuart Legg
    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocasette. U-matic, VHS. col. 27 min.

    Shows the widespread suffering due to endemic disease, using as examples the tropical diseases malaria, filariasis and trachoma. The sources of the diseases and the measures used to eliminate them, both...

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