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Unit Bridge Building

Date released

5 Oct 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

539A

NoS ID

010310

Story no

9 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Emergency Bridge Construction. DESCRIPTION: Sectional steel bridges will be used to make rapid repairs to damaged bridges. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the sectionised bridges and...

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Spaghetti Bridges (1982 Video)

Producer

Peter Coltman

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 min., 1999 sale: £22.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows civil engineering students designing, building and testing bridges made of spaghetti. The materials may be novel but the lessons are the same as for conventional materials and full-size structural...

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One Day (2003 Radio)

Series

Afternoon Play

Director

Peter Leslie Wild

BBC Radio 4 drama written by Helen Cross. On Shakespeare’s birthday in 1932 two young women set off from Birmingham to see the opening of the new theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. One dreams of meeting the...

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Queen opens new bridge at Dartford (1991)

Genre

Speech

The Queen officially opens the new Queen Elizabeth II Bridge across the lower Thames at Dartford. She talks about the benefits of the new road bridge, and the history of the building project. In two parts.

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Heaven's Gate

Date

11 Nov 2013, 12:05

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

2013. GB. DVD / Blu-ray. Second Sight. 216 minutes (plus extras). Certificate 15. RRP £15.99 (DVD), £19.99 (Blu-ray). About the reviewer: Dr Miles Booy gained his doctorate in film studies from the...

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Builders of Bridges

Date released

5 May 1930

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

975-2

NoS ID

133336

Story no

3 / 5

A bridge-building and gun display from the Royal Engineers of Salisbury as they rehearse for the Royal Tournament.

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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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Iron Making and Bridge Building (1984 Video)

Producer

Neil Cameron

Subject

Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Strong materials are required to make bridges, and wood or stone were replaced by iron as large blast furnaces came along. The superior tensile properties of iron allowed bridge builders to use new designs,...

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(Untitled record)

Date released

12 Jan 1922

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

32

NoS ID

330680

Story no

3 / 5

NoS synopsis: A lady who earns her living building bridges.

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Giant of Millau,the (2007)

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £55.00

A documentary showcasing not only the formidable adventure of this viaduct’s construction and the technical feat it represents, but also the issues for regional and international planning associated with...

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