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  1. James Watt Centenary. 1819 = the Original Steam Engine Invented by James Watt

    Date released
    25 Sep 1919
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    888
    NoS ID
    077658
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Steam engine. Vickers Turbine.

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  2. James Watt (1959 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Life and work of the Scottish engineer and inventor, particularly his invention of the separate condenser.

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  3. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1978 Radio, Television)

    Series
    Lively Arts: In Performance
    Director
    Vincent Dowdall
    Producer
    Ian Watt-Smith

    Television presentation of the opera by Benjamin Britten, performed by the Welsh National Opera and produced by Ian Watt-Smith. The Welsh Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Anthony Hose. With an...

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  4. The Projection of Britain

    Date
    10 Oct 2012, 15:25
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    The Projection of Britain: A History of the GPO, edited Scott Anthony and James G. Mansell (BFI Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), 352 pages. ISBN: 978-1844573752 (handback), Price: £65; ISBN: 978-1844573745...

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  5. News in Flashes

    Date released
    5 May 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2523
    NoS ID
    045768
    Story no
    3 / 9

    Dr Sikorsky receives James Watt medal, British engineering’s highest award.

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  6. Ideal Home Exhibition

    Date released
    27 Oct 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1534
    NoS ID
    022677

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ideal Home Exhibition. SHOTLIST: MS Princes Street. MS Lord Rosebery arrives. MS flowers presented to same. Same looks round exhibition. MS looks at fridges. CU Countess MS same looks...

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  7. Romance of Engineering, A (2009)

    Director
    Stanley Russell
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 97 minutes), £12.99

    A collection of promotional films made by Stanley L Russell for Scottish engineering companies. The compilation comprises:MEN OF IRON (c. 1947, b/w) - An overview of iron propellor manufacture at the Blair...

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  8. Genius of Britain, The (5 Parts) (2010)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology

    Britain may only be a small island, but its great scientists and inventors have literally created the modern world: from the invention of the steam engine, computers and the world-wide web to the discovery...

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  9. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Working Wonders

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    Dan Cruickshank traces the origins of the 21st century working world in some of the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, including James Watt’s steam engine; Richard Arkwright’s spinning frame which...

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  10. Aston’s Villas (1977 Film)

    Director
    Nigel E Haverly; Jennifer Tann
    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces the development of the township of Aston, built within the old park walls of Aston Hall. When the direct line of the Holte family died out Aston Hall was leased to James Watt Jnr and it was only after...

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