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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. Network (1982)

    Genre
    Documentary; Drama

    Network. Part two of two broadcast today. Peter Wheeler (or Whelan?) narrates Mr Rolls and Mr Royce, written by Barry Hill for Piccadilly Radio, Manchester. The partially dramatised story of Charles Rolls...

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  3. The Business Programme No.75 (1990)

    The Business Programme, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. Track 1- Cargo handling in Southampton Docks//alternative uses for Ministry of Defence technology. The Newly-Formed...

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  4. Viewfinder 94

    Date
    30 Sep 2014, 10:18
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    Page

    Viewfinder 94 was published in March 2014. Contents of this issue: SCREENING EUROPE This AHRC project has been set up to explore the ways in which heritage films across Europe choose to present the...

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. Arms to Iraq affair (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with unidentified male spokesman for an engineering company (Matrix Churchill or Walter Somers) on the seizure of metal pipes by customs officials, which he says were for use in the petrochemical...

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  9. 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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  10. 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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