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Pathe synopsis: We all think we know all there is to know about oxygen, but research chemist Doctor Din shows us in fact how little we know about it! At a research laboratory in Surrey we see in a few...
Looks at the way science and scientists are typically portrayed in the media and its implications for science education. Uses case studies to demonstrate what science we want children to learn and discusses...
Looks at the six types of secondary processing of materials to turn them into finished products: making a basic size and shape (casting and moulding, forming, separating), changing properties (conditioning),...
COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. A tyre that should last longer than the car. In a novel approach to tyre production, the rubber is put into compression, instead of tension....
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Meet the Bang Boys. DESCRIPTION: The men who research high-risk explosive materials for the Services and Industry have developed some cunning techniques for handling them by remote...
COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. A gun that throws a pencil beam of light to illuminate microscopic crevices on the surface of steel pipes. It’s the state of these minute...
Looks at plastics manufacture including thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, the processes used in converting plastics to products, and career opportunities in plastics technology.
Discusses the Liberty ships built in the USA during World War 2 using the then comparatively new technique of welding. Caught up in the speed of their construction, the ships contained a serious flaw causing...
COI synopsis: Our modern high tech society devours the landscape in an endless, thirsty quest for energy. The Intermediate Technology Group is determined that the developing world should not waste its...
Pathe synopsis: At a time when fission and fusion explosions are commonplace, it is a pleasant change to meet Hungarian chemist Charles Bene, who has created a peaceful impact of his own. He has perfected a...
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