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Limestone (2000)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

This film describes the use of limestone as a building material. It also explores its failure, repair and conservation. Topicscovered include: Geology; Quarrying; Carving and Dressing; Laying; Defects;...

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Journey from the Centre of the Earth: Architecture (2004)

aka: Building Blocks

Subject

Civil Engineering & Building; Geology

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), off air recording under licence

A programme from the series in which geologist Dr Iain Stewart explains how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped the human history of the Mediterranean. Here he reveals how rocks influenced the Egyptians...

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Major Disasters (1987 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Geology; History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 58 min.

Footage from British Movietone newsreels. Shows man-made disasters featuring plane, train, boat and helicopter crashes, ships sinking and bridges collapsing. Natural disasters covered include floods,...

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Against the Sea: A Case Study in Coast Erosion (1968 Video)

Director

W John Allen; Michael J Clark

Subject

Geography

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 17 min

Barton is a cliff-top resort in Christchurch Bay, Hampshire, England. Property and amenities are threatened by coastal retreat of up to a metre a year. The problem is caused by a combination of marine...

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Drilling to Sample and Monitor Groundwater (1997)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 21 minutes), £35.00

This programme films two 60m boreholes being drilled into mixed measures and sandstone beds, using Rotary Percussion Drilling. An analysis of 1m interval samples shows how the actual geology differed from...

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Earthquakes: Seismology at Work (1987 Video)

Producer

Tony Jolly

Subject

Geology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Discusses the seismic body waves which are generated by earthquakes; how they arise, how they propagate through the Earth’s interior, and how they are detected. Opens with film of the 1964 Alaska...

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20th Century Disasters (1999 Video)

Subject

Engineering; Geology; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 60 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

Footage from British Movietone newsreels and elsewhere. Shows air, road and rail crashes, buildings collapsing, fires, floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. Air crashes include: the Hindenburg explosion,...

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Glengowla (2010 Video)

Subject

Archaeology; Engineering

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 36 minutes), £12.95

Glengowla lead mine near Oughterard, County Galway in Ireland started in 1851 and mining was suspended in 1865. During that short 14 year period, "160 square fathoms" was stopped to produce 390 tonnes of...

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Updates to the BUFVC Gateway

Date

9 Nov 2012, 10:57

Author

Andrew Ormsby

Post Type

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The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,250 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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New on the Moving Image Gateway

Date

30 Oct 2013, 15:40

Author

Andrew Ormsby

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The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,450 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into   over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or ...

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