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  1. Silent World: Genetic Engineering (1989 Video)

    Director
    Michael Fox
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 45 min.

    Explores ethical, environmental and animal welfare issues raised by genetic engineering.

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  2. Only One Baltic (197 Film, Video)

    Director
    Rolf Husbert; Marek Pisarski
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    For a long time the Baltic was used as a rubbish dump and a sewer for the wastes of industry and 200 million people. In 1974 the seven nations with Baltic coastlines made a national agreement to protect the...

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  3. Hilton: Palacio del Rio (1968 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The 21-storey Hilton Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, was built in nine months. This short construction time was made possible by pre-casting each room unit at a nearby pre-casting yard. Before being...

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  4. Strength of Materials Laboratory Series (10 Parts) (1974 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A series of 10 films aiming to introduce the student to methods and instrumentation used in the laboratory for the determination of mechanical properties of engineering materials, to illustrate the behaviour...

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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. Introduction to Gabions and Reno Mattress, An (1977 Film)

    Director
    Derek Monk
    Producer
    Roger Langley
    Subject
    Geography; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Gabions have applications in slope control, river bank enforcement and coastal protection. Methods of construction including the development of the Reno mattress are demonstrated, and the benefits of the...

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  7. Power to the People? (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Kevin Newport
    Subject
    Design; Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Large-scale projects such as Concorde, the nuclear power programme, the Channel Tunnel and the proposed Severn tidal barrage have at least two characteristics in common: they are publicly funded (or the...

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  8. Didcot Power Station (1985 Video)

    Director
    John Irving
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

    Shows how Didcot Power Station in Berkshire generates electricity for the National Grid. Looks at the full production cycle from the delivery of coal to the disposal of the ash after combustion. Briefly...

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  9. Chernobyl: Could It Happen Here? (1986 Video)

    Director
    Peter Fairley
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 13 min.

    Asserts that ‘positive void co-efficient’ is impossible in gas-cooled reactors of the Magnox and AWR types used in the UK, and that a Chernobyl-type thermal runaway reaction is impossible in the UK. No...

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  10. Condensation in Domestic Pitched Roofs (1979 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 min.

    When condensation occurs in the interior of a house roof the timber or timber-based material absorbs water. In the long term the timber may lose strength and fail to support the roof. Shows the causes and...

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