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  1. Glassworks (1978)

    Director
    Murray Martin
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Hire, VHS (PAL, 20 minutes)

    Shot at a factory specialising in hand-made glass. Parallels the activity of the factory floor with the slow, once closely guarded process of refractory pot-making in the pot loft. Against the general...

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  2. Systems in a Factory (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering; FE
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £120.00

    Looks at the key systems used in a factory using two case studies: the GlaxoSmithKline toothpaste factory and a smaller plastic injection moulding company called Time RPS. Covers type of production (GSK is...

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  3. Night Shift (1942 Film)

    Director
    Jack Chambers
    Producer
    Paul Rotha
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of one night’s work in an armament factory. Without commentary and with a minimum of dramatised conversation it presents a clear impression of factory life and the atmosphere of the time.

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  4. Norwich 1940-87 (1991 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 33 min., 1996 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

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  5. Decent Factory, A (2005)

    Subject
    Business studies; Development studies; Economics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 33 minutes), £125.00

    As the fastest growing economy ever, China is the workshop of globalisation. This fly-on-the wall documentary uncovers the hard realities of working conditions in a Chinese factory and asks whether Chinese...

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  6. So That You Can Live (1981)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 85 minutes), £8.00

    Cinema Action documentary filmed over five years showing the impact on one family living in a South Wales valley community of developments in the national and global political economy which result in local...

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  7. Quality Assistant, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at an example of an expert system in use at the Pirelli tyre factory in Turin. The expert system takes the data from the factory management computer and examines the manufacturing trail of any tyres...

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  8. Soviet Newsreel No. 66 (September 1942) (1942 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Consists of 6 items:- the harvesting of grain in the Bogatov district; the production of cannon in an armaments factory in the Urals; the building of a blast furnace in a metallurgical factory in the Urals;...

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  9. Old Ways, New Ways (2005)

    Director
    Oliver Stockman
    Subject
    Business studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 64 minutes), £7.00

    A documentary directed by Olivier Stockman about the Peek Freans biscuit factory in Bermondsey and its closing down in the late 1980s. This film also looks back at nearly 100 years of the factory’s life...

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  10. From Wool to Wearer (1913 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A survey of the work done in the factory of Peter Scott Ltd, with emphasis on the manufacture of’Pesco’ garments. Shows shearing of sheep, spinning, hand knitting machine, binding and seaming, scouring,...

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