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  1. A Burning Question

    Date released
    25 Aug 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1525
    NoS ID
    022564
    Story no
    4 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Art Painting. DESCRIPTION: First, pour some bitumen on a piece of hard-board; chuck on some paraffin, then apply fire. That’s how Artist William Green achieves the full expression...

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  2. Oil Refining (2000 Video)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min., 2000 sale: £35.25 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Uses graphics, demonstrations and live footage to look at the processes of oil refining: fractional distillation; petrol, kerosene, light oil, gas oil or diesel, lubricating oil, bitumen; detection and...

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  3. The Eye of the Artist

    Date released
    10 Feb 1958
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    58/12
    NoS ID
    108048
    Story no
    1 / 2
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    These days, you’re lucky if you can see what a painting’s all about - and it’s surely the last straw when palette and brushes give place to a can of bitumen and a pair of plimsolls!

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  4. SHELL-MEX ROAD SPRAYING

    Date other
    5 Sep 1928
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    NoS ID
    387280
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Demonstration of a new type of road covering: Shell-Mex. A ‘Bristowe’s Patent Bitumen Sprayer’ covers road with tar(?), then broken bits of seashells(?) are spread across surface. Truck...

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  5. The Other Man’s Job: Glass to Stop Bullets

    Date released
    22 Mar 1945
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/69; Paramount Issue No.: 1467
    NoS ID
    156766
    Story no
    1 / 2

    The production of bulletproof safety glass for wartime use. Strength shown under attack from Bren-gun. Sheets of cellulose-acetate are placed between sheets of glass and sealed with bitumen. Carriage screen...

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  6. Icing Artist

    Date released
    15 Jun 1959
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    233
    NoS ID
    120737
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Many a modern artists uses bizarre materials: egg, bitumen, old scrubbing brushes and bits of torn newspaper, to name only a few. But Mr Jack Bryant, of Reading, is more logical - his medium...

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  7. Painting with Plasticine

    Date released
    28 Jul 1958
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    187
    NoS ID
    120589
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: There have been many types of media used in painting, including ink, eggs, nail varnish, bitumen and even tobacco. Now we introduce one which really looks as if it has a future because of its...

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  8. Action Artist

    Date released
    28 Oct 1957
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    148
    NoS ID
    120464
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Following, literally, in the footsteps of founder James Pollock [Jackson Pollock?] is art student William Green, who specialises in "action painting". Mr Green’s equipment consists of a...

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  9. Tar Sands Trilogy

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £14.99

    These films address the huge environmental impact of the Tar Sands developments in Alberta Canada. DIRTY OIL (2010): Deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Alberta, Canada, where the vast and...

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