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Steam goes Supersonic

Date released

1954

Series name

Babcock Review

Issue no

1

NoS ID

352812

Story no

3 / 3

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: This item takes us to the works of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., where we see Britannia air liners under construction and test, and glimpse the development of jet aero engines by...

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Wings: The Jet Age (1987 Video)

Producer

Peter Bucknall

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 54 min.

Traces the history of manned flight from the earliest attempts to the modern supersonic jet aircraft, concentrating on the jet aircraft, which became operational by 1945. Follows the rapid development in...

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21st Century Jet (1992 Video)

Director

Karl Sabbagh

Producer

Karl Sabbagh

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

The programme is about the Boeing 777, the world’s newest jet airliner, designed entirely in the memory store of a network of computers. The programme is following the design, construction and testing of...

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Fly-By-Wire (1989 Video)

Producer

Ben Shephard

Subject

Engineering; Technology

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. Betamax. col. 52 min.

Advances in aviation technology give computers a central role in the control of modern jet aircraft. For many years military aircraft have incorporated fly-by-wire technology. The first fly-by-wire civil...

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Triumph of Flight (1987 Video)

Subject

Engineering; History

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 59 min.

Footage from British Movietone newsreels. Shows ‘Concorde’ on its inaugural flight from London to New York, the Red Arrows, the Graf Zeppelin. Also show the Vickers ‘Viscount’, de Havilland...

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Electron-Beam Welding at Work (1980 Video)

Director

N C Balchin

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 17 min.

Demonstrates the main characteristics of electron-beam weld, the narrow melted zone and the depth-to-width ratio. Animation is used to explain the principles of the process and to illustrate the keyhole mode...

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The First Jet

Series name

Middle East Newspots

Issue no

75

NoS ID

327121

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Cleared for Take-Off (1994 Video)

Director

Karl Sabbagh

Producer

Karl Sabbagh

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., £20.00

The programme covers the year leading up to the first flight. The Boeing 777 is the company’s latest attempt to stay ahead in the civil aviation field, in the face of competition from McDonnell Douglas and...

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Trident Airliner

Date released

1961

Series name

British Calendar

Issue no

20

NoS ID

323734

Story no

7 / 12

NoS synopsis: de Havilland’s short hull jet air-liner

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ATOMS & ENERGY

Date released

Feb 1968

Series name

Mining Review 21st Year

Issue no

6

NoS ID

346400

Story no

3 / 3

BFI synopsis: examines the place of nuclear energy in the nation’s energy structure. NCB Commentary - Let’s take a look into the future - into the 1970s. What will we see? Well, one thing we don’t...

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