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Network (1982)

Genre

Discussion; Documentary; Interview; Jingle; Special

60 Years of Radio, originally broadcast by Essex Radio who have set up a radio station in the birthplace of radio, Chelmsford. Betty Hantz, Marconi historian, tells of Marconi’s life from his childhood,...

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Buckminster Fuller: Thinking out Loud (1996)

Subject

Engineering; Philosophy; Technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 94 minutes), $34.99

A true Renaissance Man, Buckminster Fuller, best remembered as the architect and creator of the geodesic dome, made an equally dramatic mark as an engineer, inventor, poet, visionary, philosopher and...

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Your Flight in Their Hands (1993 Video)

Director

Richard Vaughan

Producer

Chris Haws

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

Looks at how air traffic control works and at the revolution in aircraft guidance systems involving satellites, computers and automatic collision-avoidance systems.

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Fred Dibnah’s World of Steel, Steam and Stone - Part 1 (2006)

Subject

Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 174 minutes), £19.99

A series of 6 30-minute programmes in which the late Lancastrian steeplejack Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain.

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Hindenberg, The (1998 Video)

Subject

Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1998 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

Traces the history of the luxurious ‘Hindenberg’ airship from its conception and construction to its untimely end in 1937. Includes the broadcast transmitted live by an American journalist in Lakehurst,...

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Workskills in Construction: Building Your Business (2004)

Subject

Business studies; Careers Guidance; Civil Engineering & Building; FE

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), subscription only

Three programmes on different aspects of management skills for the construction industry.

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The Business Programme No. 110 (1990)

The Business Programme No.110, broadcast on Monday evenings and presented by Rob Thomas. TRACK 1- Southampton development - 4-Year old firm on threshold of 100 million pounds plus Western Esplanade Contract...

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Lean Burn Engine, The (1991 Video)

Director

Nick Abson; Simon Broom

Producer

Nick Abson; Simon Broom

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates the case of the catalytic converter, once hailed as the saviour of clean air. Now obligatory for cars in many countries, the ‘greenhouse effect’ theory has raised new concerns about the...

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Science and Technology (1988 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 60 min., 1997 sale: £50.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) series

The 159th Royal Institution Christmas Lectures series, given by Professor Gordon Roberts, surveying science and technology in the home.

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New Laws of Life, The (2005)

Subject

Electrical & Electronic Engineering; Technology

Peter Day explores the implications of some of the principles that underlie new technology, which are beginning to have a profound effect on our daily lives. Big ideas - such as the Theory of Relativity -...

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