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Fire Engine Auction

Date released

5 Oct 1967

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

667

NoS ID

121922

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: What are we bid for a 1911 Dennis fire engine or a nineteen thirty-four model, shiny new as the day it won that London-Paris road race. Peter Baker of Frinton found it just in time as the...

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Internal Combustion Engine, The (1984 Video)

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

The internal combustion engine was a key source of power in late 19th-century Britain - long before its role in transport. Gas engines, oil engines, petrol engines - all played their part in running the...

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Diary for Timothy, A (1946 Film)

Director

Humphrey Jennings

Producer

Basil Wright

Documentary. Jennings’ deeply felt vision of life in Britain during the final year of World War II as lived by four representative characters - an engine driver, a farmer, a miner and an injured fighter...

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Michael Heseltine back from the Falklands (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report

Paul Maurice reports on UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine’s return from a visit to the Falkland Islands. Piloted by Flight Lieutenant Nick Lee, the four-engine RAF Nimrod covered its journey from the...

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Inventions that changed the world (1985)

A series aimed at the under-16s which takes a lighthearted look at the history of invention. Amongst the subject covered are the use of metals and discovery of bronze, the inventions of modern printing, the...

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Intelligent Speech

Date

2 Apr 2014, 11:39

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Article

 As part of the British Library’s commitment to delivering a multimedia research environment, they are exploring the potential of speech-to-text technologies for finding non-textual content. Luke...

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Car, The / The Internal Combustion Engine (1990 Video)

Director

Nigel Maslin

Producer

Elizabeth Queenan

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)

Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of some familiar machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated cartoon...

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News in Flashes

Date released

23 Sep 1935

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

477

NoS ID

034109

Story no

4 / 8

Streamlined engine for London-Newcastle run. Silver Link will cover 268-mile journey in four hours.

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News in Colour: Fire Brigade Stamps

Date released

28 Mar 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2338A

NoS ID

030284

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fire Brigade Stamps. DESCRIPTION: Four new stamps commemorating the bicentenary of the Fire Prevention Act 1774. SHOTLIST: CU four stamps as a presentation cover. CU David Gentleman the...

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Second Law (1993 Video)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Explains why the Carnot cycle is the cycle of the greatest possible thermodynamic efficency follows through the four stages of the cycle. Shows a Stirling engine based on the Stirling cycle, with each stage...

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