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Housewives’ Choice

Date released

1958

Series name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue no

33

NoS ID

349501

Story no

1 / 3

BFI Summary - Visiting a washing-machine factory NFA synopsis: Looking at the manufacture and usefulness of washing machines. The item opens with a scene in a laundrette, with a man grumbling about having to...

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Washing Machine / Vacuum Cleaner (1988 Video)

Director

Andrew Snell

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 some familiar domestic machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated...

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Radio Victory Logging Tape: Breakfast Radio Roger Kennedy - CD1 (1986)

Radio Victory Logging Tape: Breakfast Radio Roger Kennedy - CD1, including interview and phone-in about washing machines. Transmitted from 08:44 to 10:03. [Box 8]

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Washing Machine: Design and Manufacture (1999 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1999 sale: £49.35 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Shows development and manufacture of washing machines at Simpson (Australia). Covers market research; design brief; design techniques; making the prototype; testing the prototype; engineering processes in...

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Green Product Development: The Hoover ‘New Wave’ (1997 Video)

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1999 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A case study of the development, manufacture and marketing of the Hoover ‘New Wave’ range of energy-, water- and detergent-saving washing machines. It shows the role of commercial, technical and...

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South Wales Gets New Industry

Date released

18 Oct 1948

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1840

NoS ID

041302

Story no

2 / 7

Hoovers open a factory at Merthyr Tydfil to make washing machines.

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Memories of Hoover (1990 Video)

aka: Hoover Employees - Wales

Director

Carolyn Jacobs

Subject

History

Distribution

Preview, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 371 min.

The Hoover factory, which moved to the Merthry Valley in south Wales in 1948, faces closure. Interviews with some of the early workers recall memories of those early days. Scenes show the manufacture of...

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Trials of New Luxury Destroyer

Date released

5 Jun 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1096

NoS ID

016445

Story no

4 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tobruk New Destroyer. DESCRIPTION: Special interest attaches to the Royal Australian Navy’s new battle-class destroyer Tobruk. It has been designed for work in the tropics and has...

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Coal House, The (2008)

Subject

History; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £13.99

Three families experience life in the south of Wales coalfield of the 1920s. The families swap their modern luxuries for the harsh reality of daily life of a coalmining family, living in coalminers’...

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Testing Domestic Appliances

Date released

10 Mar 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

167

NoS ID

120521

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Accidents in the home are distressingly frequent - so let’s have a look at the Electrical Development Association, where we meet the scientists who guard the safety of millions by testing...

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