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Word Processor, The / The Electric Light (1992 Video)

Director

Frank Prendergast

Producer

Elizabeth Queenan

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of familiar machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated cartoon...

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Massive Engines with Chris Barrie (2006)

aka: Chris Barrie’s Massive Engines

Director

Jeremy Cadle

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £17.99

Chris Barrie tells the story of the development of engine power across a range of ten different types of machines. He combines historical anecdotes with test drives and demonstrations to give insights into...

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I K Brunel (1979 Multimedia)

Director

Nita Spektorov

Producer

Nita Spektorov

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Hire, Audiocassette. 30 min. Philips compact cassette with slide synchronising pulses to USPEC.; 80 slides. col.

An appreciative look at the achievements of this great engineer with particular emphasis on the Great Western Railway. Also shows the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, his...

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Design 2 (2008)

Subject

Design; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 160 minutes), £24.99

The DVD features six 26-minute programmes from the second DESIGN series that places the art of design in its sociological and technological context. The programmes tell the story of the 20th century through...

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Design 1 (2007)

Subject

Design; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 156 minutes), £25.99

The DVD features the 6 26-minute programmes in a series that places the art of design in its sociological and technological context. The programmes tell the story of the 20th century through six industrial...

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Civilisation (13 Parts) (1969)

Subject

History; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 650 minutes), £49.99 (DD) £25.99 (BBC)

Sir Kenneth Clark’s personal view of the development of Western civilisation, concentrating on crucial episodes in France, Germany, England, Italy and America. Against the historical background are the men...

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Ai Mark VIII (1942 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 33 min., 1995 sale: £12.00 (+p&p)

In December 1942 the first RAF squadron was equipped with AI Mark VIII, the main production version of the first centimetric Aircraft Interception radar system. This film explains in detail how AI Mark VIII...

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Weren’t Those Great Days?! (1989 Video)

Director

Douglas Fisher

Producer

Douglas Fisher

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 44 min., 1995 sale: £12.00 (+p&p)

A pot-pourri Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) people, places, TRE/RAF radar training films and World War 2 events, including a visit to TRE in Malvern on 19 July 1944 by King George VI and...

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Rdf to Radar (1945 Video)

Director

Denis Dewhurst; Denis Segaller; H D Waley

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 41 min., 1995 sale: £12.00 (+p&p)

A comprehensive film review of RDF/RADAR research and development from 1935-45 at Orfordness, Bawdsley, Dundee and Malvern. The film was produced by the TRE Film Unite in 1945 at a time when some of the...

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Potbank (1980 Film)

Director

Jennifer Tann

Subject

Archaeology; Crafts

Distribution

Film (16mm)

A record of the last bottle-oven firing in the Potteries in August 1978 at the Gladstone Pottery Museum. Craftsmen who had not placed saggars for twenty five years returned for this unique occasion to do it...

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