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  1. Etna Brickworks (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Out of Distribution, Videocassette. VHS col. 11 min., 2005sale: 15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Etna Brickworks in West Lothian was opened in 1880 and for over a century produced refractories and common building bricks using a method that remained largely unchanged. In addition to the 28-chamber kiln...

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  2. Drakelow (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1998 sale: £9.87 (inclusive)

    In 1942 the Rover company built 5k of tunnels to house a hidden factory of over 26,000 square metres in the sandstone hill at Drakelow, near Kidderminster. Rover was building parts for radial aero engines...

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  3. Farming Yesteryear (1976 Video)

    Director
    John Macpherson
    Producer
    James Shiach
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 33 min.

    A visit to the Agricultural Museum at Adamston, Huntly, owned by Hew McCall-Smith, to see some of the machines and agricultural practices of the 19th century.

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  4. You’Ll Not Be Wanting This then, Will You?: Ken Hawley: A Collector’s Tale (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Collier
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2000 sale: £14.95 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Describes the work of Ken Hawley in archiving the materials and documenting the lives and work of the people connected with the Sheffield edge tool and cutlery industries since the beginning of the 20th...

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  5. Nenthead Lead Mines (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1998 sale: £9.87 (inclusive)

    Looks at old mineshafts in the area around Nenthead in Cumbria. Shows surface views of buildings and the smelt mill wheelpit, and then goes underground.to show an underground horse-whim chamber, various...

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  6. Men of Iron (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    Three-part documentary series chronicling the lives and achievements of a generation of great Victorian engineers. Told through the rivalries of two families, the Stephensons and the Brunels, it also...

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  7. OUT OF OUR PAST

    Date released
    Nov 1975
    Series name
    Review 29th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    346675
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NCB synopsis: About the importance of industrial archaeology to the coal mining industry in the U.K. Intended for general audiences.

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  8. Under the River (1959 Film)

    Director
    R K Neilson-Baxter
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The construction of the Severn tunnel and a record of the unique group of six Cornish beam engines which kept the tunnel free of water for over 70 years before being replaced by electric pumps. The...

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  9. Thomas Telford (1963 Film)

    Director
    Douglas Gray
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows a selection of Telford’s work, in the United Kingdom and abroad, and balances the relative importance of different aspects. The visual material is a mix of photography, contemporary prints and...

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  10. Glengowla (2010 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 36 minutes), £12.95

    Glengowla lead mine near Oughterard, County Galway in Ireland started in 1851 and mining was suspended in 1865. During that short 14 year period, "160 square fathoms" was stopped to produce 390 tonnes of...

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