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Energy Alternative, The (1994 Video)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1997 sale: £19.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Video-based pack looking at energy from the standpoint of a need for change. Begins with some predictions of future world energy consumption and their impossible consequences and goes on to explore...

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Trees of Hope (1985 Film, Video)

Director

Neil McKee

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Documents the rapid deforestation of Africa and analyses various solutions such as shifting to solar energy and improving traditional stores. Shot in Niger, Mali, Sengal and Nigeria, it shows how people are...

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New oilfield off Shetlands (1994)

Genre

Interview

Energy Minister, Tim Eggar praises the oil industry’s speed of development following the Government giving the go-ahead to development by Shell and BP of a new oilfield, Foinaven, in the Atlantic off the...

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History of Water Power, The (1990 Video)

aka: Water Power and the Industrial Revolution

Subject

Archaeology; Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p) (World Microfilms)

Discusses the history of the use of energy in three areas: the energy source itself; the systems of power transmission; the application of this energy to various industrial purposes. Moving water was the...

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Opec raises oil prices (1979)

Genre

Speech

In view of the decision by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to raise oil prices, former Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan in the Commons asking if the Government intends to...

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There’s Energy in the Wind (1990)

Director

John Adams

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Shows how wind turbines can produce safe, reliable, cost-effective and non-polluting electricity. Part 1 covers the properties of wind and shows how turbines work. Part 2 shows a vertical axis machine being...

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Atoms for Power

Date released

21 Nov 1955

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

55/93

NoS ID

106768

Story no

1 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

British and Russian progress in atomic power station development.

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Starting Small: The Development of Small Scale Hydro Power in the UK (1992 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min.

Although hydro power is an established renewable energy technology, the UK’s small scale hydro resource is largely unexploited. This programme focuses on small hydro power and its potential, with the...

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Oil tests at Windsor Castle (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on the debate over testing for oil beneath Windsor Castle. With comment from Mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Dennis Outwin; and Chairman of Berkshire County Council development...

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Ark Royal Guards Against H-bombs

Date released

24 Feb 1955

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

55/16

NoS ID

106303

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

Remote control steering is latest development in Britain’s new carrier.

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