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  1. Matter of Span, A (1969 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the manufacture of factory-produced pre-stressed concrete beams. Demonstrates with the aid of diagrams, how each type of unit is used to form a bridge deck. These operations are then shown in the...

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  2. Concrete - But Beautiful

    Date released
    17 Dec 1931
    Series name
    Pathe Super Sound Gazette
    Issue no
    31/101
    NoS ID
    089560
    Story no
    5 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip

    The Mackintosh of Mackintosh opens new bridge over the Spey - the largest concrete span (240 ft) and coloured to harmonise with the countryside. Here’s the beautiful old bridge, built in 1754.

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  3. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Movietone’s USA Report - Pouring Out a House

    Date released
    7 Mar 1946
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    874A
    NoS ID
    013767
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pouring Out a House. DESCRIPTION: A new method of house building, concrete is poured into a steel frame and when it hardens the inner frame is stripped away. SHOTLIST: KS MS concrete...

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  4. Mowing Concrete

    Date released
    1972
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    105
    NoS ID
    325462
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Ideal for service lanes and camping sites a new product combines the aesthetic appeal of grass with the durability of concrete.

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  5. Hammersmith Flyover, The (1961 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    London’s Hammersmith Flyover was constructed to carry westbound traffic over the approach roads to Hammersmith Broadway. The superstructure of the flyover is of prestressed concrete construction supported...

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  6. Maillart’s Bridges (2008)

    Director
    Heinz Emigholz; Karen Severns
    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 114 minutes), $29.95

    Continuing his exploration of "architecture as autobiography," filmmaker Heinz Emigholz focuses here on the work of Swiss artist, civil engineer, and legendary bridge builder Robert Maillart, who...

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  7. Composite Structures (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 18 min., 1995 sale: £130.00 (inclusive)

    Illustrates the advantageous properties of combining steel and concrete as used in buildings. Explains the mechanism of how these materials work together and specifically looks at the steel-to-concrete...

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  8. Concrete Boats

    Date released
    18 Mar 1971
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2180A
    NoS ID
    028755
    Story no
    4 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Concrete Boats. DESCRIPTION: Concrete is proving itself useful - keeping down the cost of boat building in New Zealand. SHOTLIST: LV sailing boat on water zoom back to show framework of...

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  9. Columns of Concrete (1981 Video)

    Director
    Peter Coltman
    Producer
    Peter Coltman
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 18 min., 1999 sale: £44.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Relates the length of a reinforced concrete column and the method by which the ends are fixed to the load that it can withstand. A series of columns of different lengths, some with fixed ends and some free,...

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  10. Concrete Boat

    Date released
    15 Jan 1962
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    368
    NoS ID
    121167
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: During the first World War British scientists overcame the serious lack of raw materials for boat building by constructing vessels made of a special type of concrete. Using a similar secret...

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