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  1. New Bridge for Rome

    Date released
    20 Nov 1939
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    39/91
    NoS ID
    097559
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Italy’s Minister of Public Works watches first pillars to be sunk in building of new bridge across the River Tiber.

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  2. Big Canadian Power Scheme Takes Form

    Date released
    24 Nov 1930
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    77
    NoS ID
    002741
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Canadian Power Scheme Takes Form. DESCRIPTION: Beside the St Lawrence waterway, engineers are building plant to generate 500,000 hp. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of the building in...

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  3. High Life on New York’s Latest Skyscraper

    Date released
    21 Aug 1930
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    63A
    NoS ID
    002619
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High Life on New York’s Latest Skyscraper. DESCRIPTION: Skyscraper city still reaching out towards the heavens. SHOTLIST: Pan shot up to top of building. Aerial over the roofs of the...

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  4. A Big Job

    Date released
    8 Jul 1926
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1596
    NoS ID
    387629
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NfO synopsis: Main Title: Building Bradford’s great dam in the Nidd Valley. It is a part of the water supply scheme and will employ 1,000 men for 15 years.

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  5. Government’s road building policy (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Deeley interviews Transport Secretary John MacGregor on the government’s new policy on cutting red tape to speed up building of new roads and motorways. Including on the length of time it currently...

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  6. Flat Roofs (1998)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £65.00

    Traces the development of flat roofs and identifies the principles and practice of modern construction. Extensive site footage follows the construction of several different types of flat roof and simple...

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  7. Fatal Building Collapse

    Date released
    21 Sep 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1581
    NoS ID
    023230
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fatal Building Collapse. DESCRIPTION: In Barletta, South East Italy, a building crashed to the ground. It was day time, and most of the men were out at work. So most of the victims were...

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  8. Structural Engineering in Action (2008)

    Subject
    Engineering

    Short film which demonstrates how earthquakes can make buildings resonate. The film also includes a demonstration of how structural engineers try to prevent earthquake damage to buildings. [3 minutes]

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  9. 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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  10. 905 Feet High

    Date released
    28 Nov 1929
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1663; Super Issue No.: 29/95
    NoS ID
    088012
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Final steelwork completed on Bank of Manhattan world’s highest building. Our cameraman was there of course.

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