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  1. Extending Our Control: Cobalt Precision

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    144
    NoS ID
    325602
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: In spite of the complex controls of technology there are still areas where our control is lost - thousands of people die every year from disease, fire, accidents on the road. This issue...

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  2. Extending Our Control: Pneumatic fire fighter

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    144
    NoS ID
    352015
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: In spite of the complex controls of technology there are still areas where our control is lost - thousands of people die every year from disease, fire, accidents on the road. This issue...

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  3. Computers And Control

    Date released
    1965
    Series name
    Frontier
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    324973
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Christopher Strachey, Fellow of Churchill College and an authority on computers, traces their development up to the ATLAS fast digital computers used by London and Manchester Universities....

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  4. Courtney Jones and Doreen Denny

    Date released
    1960
    Series name
    British Sporting Personalities
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    323879
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: A film about Britain’s amateur ice-dancing champions of the world. Courtney Jones began serious skating at twenty-two, carrying off the British, American and World titles two years later....

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  5. Open Cast Mining

    Date released
    Oct 1947
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    334726
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: opencast mining for coal COI Commentary - It’s Easter in Workington, on the Cumberland Coast, and everyone is waiting for the start of the historic annual football match between the Uppies...

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  6. Welsh Debate

    Date released
    Oct 1947
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    334728
    Story no
    4 / 4

    NoS synopsis: This staged debate shows members of the Lodge Committee of the Cwmgrach Empire Colliery discussing issues concerning mining machinery - the main question being whether they’re being...

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  7. Bestwood Training Centre

    Date released
    Oct 1947
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    334725
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: Bestwood Training Centre in Nottinghamshire COI Commentary - These lades are going to be miners, but how are they going to learn the job? Should they be sent straight down the pit, where...

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  8. Swadlincote

    Date released
    Nov 1947
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    334730
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI Summary - Soil subsidence caused by mining operations. COI Commentary - Amidst the beautiful scenery of South Derbyshire lies the town of Swadlincote ... but Swadlincote itself is not so beautiful! For...

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  9. The problem of smoke elimination

    Date released
    Jan 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    334736
    Story no
    1 / 2

    NoS Summary - The work of the Fuel Research Station in trying to eliminate smoke from ships’ furnaces is profiled. A machine has been made that can do it. This principle is now being applied on land in...

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  10. The Miners’ Gala at Durham, 1947

    Date released
    Jan 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    334737
    Story no
    2 / 2

    NoS synopsis: The miners of Durham come together for their demonstration and gala day. Shots of the crowds and the banners and bands. This was the first rally under nationalization, so it also included...

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