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  1. Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution

    Date released
    1966
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    76
    NoS ID
    352932

    NoS synopsis: An exploration of a new book, ‘Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution’ leads to a history of the Barnados organisation.

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  2. Where No Tide Flows

    Date released
    1963
    Series name
    Look At Life
    Issue no
    232
    NoS ID
    350099
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BFI synopsis: There are more than 2,000 miles of canals in Britain. Built for commerce in the Industrial Revolution, many have fallen into disuse but holiday makers are rediscovering them.

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  3. Yesterday, Today - And Tomorrow: Air Loom

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    240
    NoS ID
    325993
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: The last decade has seen a man on the moon and the birth of a test tube baby. Yet for a century or more much of our everyday lives and the way we do things has remained remarkably unchanged....

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  4. Keep the Wheels Turning

    Date released
    5 Jun 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2087A
    NoS ID
    027880
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Keep the Wheels Turning. DESCRIPTION: Among the most efficient ways to utilise natural power - the Water Wheel - can be as useful today as before the Industrial Revolution. In Devon, a...

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  5. Canals

    Date released
    1972
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    708
    NoS ID
    328949
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Canals were once a transport spearhead of British technology providing arteries to the cities of the industrial revolution. With the coming of new roads and railways, they fell into decline....

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  6. John English

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    The Pacemakers
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    327143
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: John English is a solidly built, argumentative, cheerful, bearded man in his fifties. He’s the founder and guiding light of the Midlands Arts Centre for young people in Birmingham, England,...

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  7. Kirkstall Forge

    Date released
    2 Nov 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2161
    NoS ID
    028553
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kirkstall Forge Colour. DESCRIPTION: Cistercian monks founded Kirkstall Abbey in the twelfth century. Their primitive mining and smelting of Iron from the rich Yorkshire deposits was...

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  8. India’s New Plan

    Date released
    18 Apr 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1454A
    NoS ID
    021627
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: India’s New Plan. DESCRIPTION: India today is a country of astonishing contrasts. It’s a land of ancient cults and temples. In harmony with relics of a past era the life of the...

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  9. Britain at Work

    Date released
    21 Oct 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1794
    NoS ID
    025293
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain at Work. DESCRIPTION: Where there’s Muck there’s money doesn’t always hold good. Thousands of acres of wasteland - a legacy of the industrial revolution, have spread like...

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  10. Swadlincote

    Date released
    Nov 1947
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    334730
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI Summary - Soil subsidence caused by mining operations. COI Commentary - Amidst the beautiful scenery of South Derbyshire lies the town of Swadlincote ... but Swadlincote itself is not so beautiful! For...

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