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  1. Nuclear Power: The Next Generation (1987 Video)

    Director
    Alan Ross
    Producer
    Glyn Jones; Alan Ross
    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Explains in the light of the approval of the Sizewell B nuclear power station by the Layfield Report and Nuclear Installations Inspectorate the reasons for choosing the PWR method.

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  2. Killingholme on Line (199 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min., 1995 sale: £10.00 (inclusive) Free loan

    Looks at the combined cycle gas turbine power station at Killingholme on Humberside. Shows how natural gas is burned to produce steam for power generation and how heat which would once have gone to waste is...

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  3. War Against Winter

    Date released
    1951
    Series name
    Oil Review
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    349302
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI Summary - the use of modern oil-driven machines in clearing snow-cleared country in North Sweden. NoS synopsis: Winter scenes in Lapland - clearing the land, ploughing, dams and reservoirs being...

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  4. National Grid, The (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Mathematics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.

    Examines the UK National Grid, looking at its structure in terms of power generation, transmision lines and sinks of power, and at the problems of coping with fluctuating power demands. Eric Chefneux,...

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  5. Power from the Wind (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Considers how wind energy was used in the past to perform a range of tasks, from draining the land to grinding corn and sugar cane. With the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution the...

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  6. Living with Risk (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min.

    Explores the scale risk to the individual in almost every human activity. Looks at the risks created by natural phenomena and man-made technologies including the development of new drugs, the generation of...

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  7. Introducing Ferrybridge (199 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min., 1995 sale: £10.00 (inclusive) Free loan

    Explains the workings of the Ferrybridge coal-fired power station and covers career opportunities in a power station.

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  8. LINE UP

    Date released
    Nov 1963
    Series name
    Mining Review 17th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    346225
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: a news flash on electricity generation and what it means to the miners NCB Commentary - Dots on a map ... but dots to conjure with. For everyone is a new power station - building, or soon to...

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  9. New Generations and Piping Hot (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    1: An examination of the electricity industry: uses aerial photography and 3-D computer modelling to explain the operation of two major generations of power station: the 1960s’ coal-burning station at...

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  10. Energy from Waste (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Considers wither there is a cost-effective and environmentally sound way of dealing with domestic and industrial waste. Landfill sites are commonly used in the UK, but in Düsseldorf, Germany, waste is being...

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