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Earth Power

Date released

28 Mar 1927

Series name

Pathe Pictorial

Issue no

469

NoS ID

347735

NoS synopsis: Italy - experiments with steam power.

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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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Bernard Cribbins and The Railway Children (1988)

Genre

Interview

Henry Kelly interviews actor and author Bernard Cribbins about his new book, Along the Lines with Bernard Cribbins - a collection of poems about steam engines and transport. He speaks of his childhood and...

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Steam As It was (1985 Video)

Director

Ken Wrench

Producer

Ken Wrench

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col.

Finely constructed working models are used to trace the development of steam power from Heron of Alexandria and Branca, via Newcomen and Trevithick to heavy industrial and marine engines.

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Conservative railway enthusiast (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with unidentified Conservative MP (poss. Robert Adley?) about interest in steam trains and industrial archaeology.

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What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: On the Move (2005)

Subject

History; Science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

Dan Cruickshank looks at the development of transport during the Industrial Revolution, including the roadbuilding of John Loudon Macadam; James Brindley’s canal network; George Stephenson and the...

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News in Colour: Age of Steam

Date released

5 Sep 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2048A

NoS ID

027531

Story no

1 / 2

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Age of Steam News in Colour:-. DESCRIPTION: This summer sees the end of steam trains on British Rail. But the Steam Age is still preserved, notably in the many Traction Engine Rallies...

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Lord Kelvin’s Clock (1982 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.

About thermodynamics and the irreversibility of time. Deals with Kelvin’s attempts to establish scientifically the age of the earth. Shows the importance of steam power to 19th-century science and...

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Genius of Inventions, The (2013)

Producer

Dominic Crossley-Holland

Subject

Science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 200 minutes), £780.00

This series takes twelve inventions and explores how they have changed the way people live. They explain how these inventions came about, from sparks of genius to steady incremental improvements, and...

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Volcanic Power

Date released

Feb 1965

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

33

NoS ID

327667

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: The harnessing of steam power from the volcanic areas of New Zealand.

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