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  1. Engineering the Impossible (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £19.99

    An exploration of the feasibility of several extraordinary engineering projects, such as a Europe to Africa bridge, a 170-storey skyscraper and floating ocean cities. The programme uses computer graphics to...

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  2. Bridging the Future (1993 Video)

    Director
    Chris Haws
    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    An analysis of the triumphs and disasters of civil engineering in relation to bridge building. Those involved in their construction have to struggle to balance the requirements of safety with the desire to...

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  3. Science Shack: Tall Buildings (2004)

    aka: Building Blocks

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), off air recording under licence

    Adam Hart-Davis takes a look at the engineering and challenges of making skyscrapers, while a team tries to build the world’s tallest paper tower.

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  4. Eurofighter (1992 Video)

    Director
    Chris Haws
    Producer
    Richard Melman
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +(p&p) INCA

    Explores the technologies being developed for the European Fighter Aircraft. Radical new techniques of design and construction have made possible the manufacture of previously impossible components.

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  5. Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments: Bridges and Tunnels (2004)

    aka: Building Blocks

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), subscription only

    Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of the greatest achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel. He also steers a barge across the...

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  6. Nanotopia (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Steve Davis
    Subject
    Chemistry; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2007 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at nanotechnology - atomic-scale engineering capable of rebuilding the world, atom by atom, in any form we wish. Notes advances in nano-engineering, interviews visionaries such as Eric Drexler who plan...

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  7. Great Bore, The (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Jack Emery
    Subject
    Drama; Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., Free loan

    A drama-documentary about the Channel Tunnel and the Thames Tunnes. Isambard Kingdom Brunel returns from the dead to inspect, admire and assess the Channel Tunnel before it is opened by the Queen. He...

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  8. Science Shack: The Millennium Bridge (2004)

    aka: Building Blocks

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), off air recording under licence

    Adam Hart-Davis investigates why the Millennium Bridge wobbled and how it was fixed by building his own wobbling bridge.

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  9. To Engineer is Human1 (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Alex Nisbett
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how engineeering science is subject to human limitations. Professor Henry Petroski contends that structures can fail in ways that have been dismissed as virtually impossible. Uses footage of some of...

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  10. Spacesuit (1991 Video)

    Director
    Patrick Uden
    Producer
    Patrick Uden
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00

    The currently used shuttle spacesuit will be unsuitable for human beings who may colonise Mars in the future because it is bulky and heavy. The programme looks at the latest experiments to solve the problem...

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