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  1. California Dreaming (1991 Video)

    Producer
    John Lynch
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at Los Angeles: a city built around the car with choking smoke and at the auto industry’s response: electric cars and convoys of self-driving cars. Also examines the changes that the city might have...

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  2. Cleared for Take-Off (1994 Video)

    Director
    Karl Sabbagh
    Producer
    Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., £20.00

    The programme covers the year leading up to the first flight. The Boeing 777 is the company’s latest attempt to stay ahead in the civil aviation field, in the face of competition from McDonnell Douglas and...

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  3. Fourth Hurdle, The (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Mark Fielder
    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Biotechnology could shape the next century, but new organisms can run out of control and upset the ecological balance. Discusses a new safety test - ‘the fourth hurdle’ - and examines the environmental...

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  4. Building Wonders (6 Parts) (2008)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering

    Some of the greatest design feats engineered by man, from the earliest monuments 5,000 years ago to the magnificence of 1960’s technology and Concord, are explored and explained by archaeologist, Julian...

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  5. Men of Iron (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    Three-part documentary series chronicling the lives and achievements of a generation of great Victorian engineers. Told through the rivalries of two families, the Stephensons and the Brunels, it also...

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  6. Is Gm Safe? (2000 Video)

    Producer
    Adrian Pennink
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    As early as 1974, some scientists were expressing grave concerns over research into genetic engineering. Now some of these same scientists believe that genetically modified foods are safe and a possible...

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  7. Outlook on the eighties (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary

    Pete Reeves presents this edition of Piccadilly Radio’s Outlook on the Eighties, a series talking to international figures on the decade ahead. Science fiction author Arthur C Clarke talks about what he...

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  8. Fatal Flaw, The (1994 Video)

    aka: Ferries: The Fatal Flaw

    Producer
    Andrew Williams
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    After the sinking of the ferry ‘Estonia’ on 28 September 1994, the programme looks at the failure of governments and ferry companies to address the real problem of roll-on roll-off car ferries - their...

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  9. Deepwater Disaster (2010)

    aka: Deepwater Disaster: The Untold Story

    Director
    Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    This programme reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves, a crisis that became America’s worst environmental disaster. Engineers and...

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  10. 60 years of radio (1982)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Jingle; Special

    The development of sound broadcasting, Guglielmo Marconi, and the wireless and beginnings at Chelmsford, Essex. Betty Hantz, Marconi historian, tells of his life from childhood, his interest in wireless...

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