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  1. Glasgow Subway (1975 Film, Video)

    Producer
    John Macpherson
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents this distinctive transport system before its planned modernisation. Courses in the history of technology or history of transport.*

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  2. Technology and the Victorian City (1985 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Dr Denis Smith, Chairman of the Greater London Archaeology Department, describes how new technology was used to tackle some of London’s main social problems such as providing clean drinking water, hygenic...

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  3. History of Computers, The (2006)

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

    The programme traces the development of the computer, from the first valve-based devices of the mid 20th century, to the invention of silicon-based technology leading to the manufacture of the first PCs. The...

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  4. Happiness in Flying (1980)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Biography of the aeroplane designer Andrei Tupolev, including archive material of early aircraft, and Chkalov’s flight in the 1930s landing in the USA.

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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. Mainframe, The: The Story of Computing (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    A non-technical introducction to the world of information technology, following the history of computing from the early, massive calculating machines such as the Manchester Mark I and the Lyons Electronic...

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  7. Moon’s Men (196 Video)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. 13 min.

    Portrays the daily work of the fishermen of Morecambe Bay, including their very distinctive methods of fishing which were adapted to the long flats and shallows of their piece of coast. Some of the most...

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  8. Young at Heart (1963 Video)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the development and production of the Hillman Imp at the Linwood industrial plant in Scotland.

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  9. How Gas was Made (1967 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 5 min.

    Shows men at work in one of the last gasworks. The chemistry and history of the process is not explained and the works not identified.

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  10. EncyclopÉdie, The (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The ‘Encyclopédie’ is probably one of the greatest single enterprises of the 18th-century Enlightenment. Edited by Diderot and d’Alembert, it was published in France between 1751 and 1772. Giles...

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