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  1. Alan Paine Knitwear (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 37 min., 1998 sale: £11.75 (inclusive)

    Shows a knitwear manufacturer that has been based in Godalming, Surrey, since 1907, producing fully fashioned knitwear from natural fibres. This recording was made in July 1990 as the firm me due to move...

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Portland Iron Foundry, Brighton (1989 Video)

    Director
    John Warr
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Preview, Videocassette. VHS. col. 185 min.

    Blaber’s Portland Foundry, a working foundry in Brighton, under threat of development, shown at work. Interviews with the foreman and demonstrations of casting and fettling. Filmed March 1989.

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  5. Sources of Power (1984 Video)

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

    The need for power was fundamental to the expanding industries of the 18th and 19th centuries. Water power was the first answer, but the geographical limitations led to the development of steam power in the...

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  6. Visit to Peek Frean and Company’s Biscuit Works, A (1906)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (24 minutes), £7.00 (Sands)

    An early ‘commercial’ made for the company. Shows workers getting up steam for the ovens, rolling dough and cutting shapes, a false fire alarm, workers leaving for lunch, workers packing biscuits,...

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  7. Damask Weaving (1980 Video)

    Director
    Brenda Percy
    Producer
    David Irwin
    Subject
    Crafts
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 53 min.

    Looks at the development of damask weaving in the north-east of Scotland with examples of patterns to be found in tablecloths and napkins. Also a demonstration by one of the surviving hand weavers of...

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  8. Acting in Turn (1974)

    Director
    Robin Jackson
    Producer
    George Seager
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Out of distribution, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 20 min.

    Traces the development of the gear from the first recorded use in a crude form over two thousand years ago to its widespread use in many forms today. A lever is a means of transferring power. The gear wheel...

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  9. From Coal to Colour (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Paul Kafno
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at coke-making and the early history of gas lighting, and includes material on a surviving gas works at Newton Stewart in Scotland. Animation shows how coal tar collects as a by-product. Discusses...

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  10. Early Textile Manufacturing Processes (1979 Video)

    Director
    Gordon Thomson
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17, 17, 5 min., 1996 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form...

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