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Creating Aluminium

Date released

Nov 1964

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

9

NoS ID

324626

Story no

1 / 5

COI synopsis: Aluminium leaves the earth as bauxite. At an aluminium factory in Scotland, the bauxite is fed into huge furnaces where the aluminium oxide is separated. Then ingots emerge from the flames and...

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It’s in the Box: Material Properties and Their Effect on Design (1991 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 16 min.

Aims to develop an understanding of the way in which the properties of the engineering materials - steel, aluminium, timber and plastic - affect the design of large lorry-mounted containers. Different forms...

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Otello (1955 Radio)

Series

Texaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network

Live broadcast of Verdi’s Otello from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus is conducted by Fritz Stiedry. Mario Del Monaco is Otello and Leonard Warren is...

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Closure of Invergordon smelter plant (1981)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the closure of the Invergordon smelter plant, which has been losing £1 million a month. Includes interviews with Dick Charles, managing director of British Aluminium; Scottish Secretary, George...

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Aluminium

Date released

Feb 1964

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

21

NoS ID

327603

Story no

1 / 5

COI synopsis: The manufacture of aluminium in Scotland.

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Alcan Aluminium

Date released

Aug 1965

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

39

NoS ID

327694

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: A new aluminium works in Canada.

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(Untitled record)

Date released

14 Sep 1969

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

69/75

NoS ID

113756

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

The Scorpion, the world’s first all aluminium armoured vehicle - British made - goes through its paces.

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Metallic Inks

Date released

Mar 1970

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

94

NoS ID

327966

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: New metallic inks and plastic-based aluminium foils for posters, decorations and even protective medical dressings.

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Sun Reflector

Date released

24 Aug 1959

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

243

NoS ID

120771

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

NoS Summary - Shows how aluminium foil can be used as a reflector used to help promote a suntan and also for wrapping picnic food.

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Metallic Printing Ink

Date released

Dec 1969

Series name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue no

39

NoS ID

324774

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: A factory where metallic printing inks and plastic-based aluminium foil are produced for posters, shop window and street displays and even stage sets.

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