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  1. Plastics Exhibition

    Date released
    1967
    Series name
    Calendar
    Issue no
    211
    NoS ID
    324087
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: A exhibition on new forms of plastic and an example of their application with the production of Clearex boats

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  2. Technical Studies (15 Parts) (1981 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 x 25 min., 1997 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1997 sale: £450.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Set in industrial environments, the films show how basic concepts in materials and engineering science are applied to the business of manufacturing. Individual programmes describe and illustrate the...

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  3. Parafil

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    81
    NoS ID
    325407
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Trawlermen fishing in North Atlantic waters know well the perils of ice forming on the rigging. Its grip of death can render a boat top-heavy enough to capsize. Parafil rope, made from...

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  4. Formica

    Date released
    Dec 1969
    Series name
    Parade
    Issue no
    73
    NoS ID
    352661
    Story no
    4 / 5

    COI synopsis: The manufacture of laminated plastics and commissioning of special designs.

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  5. Self Destroying Plastic

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    137
    NoS ID
    329624
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: To make waste plastics auto-destruct in five weeks you just add starch to the plastic in manufacture. Bacteria in the soil will break down the starch and break up the waste plastic.

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  6. inflatables Art Gallery Fun Palace

    Date released
    Jul 1972
    Series name
    Parade
    Issue no
    104
    NoS ID
    327379
    Story no
    5 / 5

    COI synopsis: Inflatable plastics for play and commercial developments.

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  7. Plant Factory (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Bob Thorpe
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at oilseed rape, which has become a major crop in England, and discusses its many uses. Genetic engineers hybridise it with alien species and materials, to produce plastics, oil and foodstuffs.

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  8. A Delicate Balance

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    247
    NoS ID
    326008
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Our pollution problems are ever increasing and demand skillful solutions. This week’s programme looks at some of the latest ideas for preserving the fragile balance between man and his...

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  9. Plastic Fantastic (1994 Video)

    Producer
    David Dugan
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows inventor and ex-hairdresser Maurice Ward on a trip to NASA to discuss his invention ‘starlite’, a new kind of indestructible plastic that interests not only NASA, but also government departments...

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  10. James Burke’s Connections: The Complete Series (2017)

    Subject
    Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £24.99

    Three DVD set featuring all ten episodes from the acclaimed BBC series CONNECTIONS. James Burke traces the history of science and technology. The ow did the nautical instruments of Elizabethan times give...

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