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Motorway

Date released

1960

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

30

NoS ID

328271

Story no

1 / 1

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Construction of Renfrew Motorway Stage 1 (1978 Film)

Director

Oscar Marzaroli

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Construction of the first stage of the Renfrew motorway.

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Money Programme, The: the Perils of the Motorway Pitstop and the Great Plane Robbery (2006)

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £34.99

Two episodes from the popular BBC2 programme. Once notorious for bad, overpriced food and outdated facilities, now the big companies that run them say they are spending millions to transform their sites...

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For Your Pleasure (1970 Film)

Director

Derek Phillips

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 4 minutes), £9.50

Animated film showing how ‘progress’ comes to rural England. Constable’s painting of Willie Lot’s cottage is gradually turned into a super-motorway.

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Rates of Change (1986 Video)

Subject

Mathematics

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

With the aid of a bicycle, an Aston Martin V8, and a custom-made tachometer, investigates slope, maxima and minima, points of inflection, and the relation between instantaneous speed and the tangent to a...

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Road Movie, The (1984 Film, Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The arguments of the road lobby, consisting of hauliers, automobile services, road transport executives etc., are set against those of environmentalists and the public whose lives are affected by new...

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Electronic Car

Date released

1971

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

77

NoS ID

351181

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: Developed at a cost of £55,000 this modified saloon car incorporates several electronic "black boxes". Anti-lock braking, fuel injection and a motorway cruising device, all under electronic...

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Motorway Muck

Date released

1974

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

133

NoS ID

329607

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Oil, hydraulic and brake-fluid, rubber, fuel, and grit, are the unappetising ingredients of a potentially dangerous layer that builds upon the surface of motorways and airport taxi-areas. A...

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Motorway Muck

Date released

1974

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

133

NoS ID

325559

Story no

3 / 3

COI synopsis: Oil, hydraulic and brake-fluid, rubber, fuel, and grit, are the unappetising ingredients of a potentially dangerous layer that builds upon the surface of motorways and airport taxi-areas. A...

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Infrasound

Date released

1972

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

109

NoS ID

325478

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: Sounds we cannot even hear may be dangerous. Salford University researchers have shown that sounds deeper than the deepest double-bass note may effect our senses, causing anything from a mild...

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