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  1. Wonders of Canada

    Date released
    20 Feb 1969
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    739
    NoS ID
    122072
    Story no
    1 / 1
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: A thousand miles from the sea the St Lawrence river is nine miles wide and has carved out the Thousand Islands - a scenic wonder of the world. The frontier between Canada and New York State...

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  2. Deconstructing the World’s Longest Lego Suspension Bridge (2017)

    Subject
    Engineering

    Short video. The world’s longest LEGO suspension bridge is subject to destruction testing in the library of the Institution of Civil Engineers. [3 minutes]

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  3. Menai Bridge, The

    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.95

    Thomas Telford was a master of stone and iron in the construction of roads bridges, canals, aqueducts and harbours. The site between Anglesey and the Mainland was difficult and dangerous. His design for a...

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  4. Bridging the World (2010)

    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This documentary looks at some of the most famous bridges in the world and, with the help of a team of experts and the use of archive footage, shows how they were built and how they remain upright. Amongst...

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  5. Building the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge (2007)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building

    The Puget Sound Region is famed for its floating bridges and infamous for Galloping Gertie’s collapse. Now itboasts the USA’s fifth-longest suspension bridge. What did it take to span a mile-wide,...

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  6. Development of Bridges, The (1990 Multimedia)

    Director
    Nita Spektorov
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Hire, Audiocassette. 32 min.; 70 slides. col. Philips compact cassette with slide synchronising pulses to USPEC.

    The evolution of the bridge from stepping stones to large span concrete suspension bridges is discussed in relation to the engineering principles and to the materials available for construction. This largely...

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  7. Iron Making and Bridge Building (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Strong materials are required to make bridges, and wood or stone were replaced by iron as large blast furnaces came along. The superior tensile properties of iron allowed bridge builders to use new designs,...

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  8. Forth Bridge - Closing the Gap

    Date released
    5 Sep 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1787A
    NoS ID
    025233
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Forth Bridge - Closing the Gap. DESCRIPTION: Just up river from the famous Forth Railway Bridge, the new road bridge is rapidly nearing completion. It’ll be one of the four largest...

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  9. Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (7 Parts) (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; FE; History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 350 minutes), £39.99

    Drama-documentary series recreating epic moments in the industrial revolution. Each episode explores a specific triumphal construction of the era.

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