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  1. Engines for Our Planes

    Date released
    19 Mar 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/23
    NoS ID
    099327
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    The Merlin Twenty, the latest Rolls Royce aero engine to go into mass production, is fitted to our latest fighter planes.

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  2. Jumbo Jet Engine, A (2010)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

    As Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner makes its inaugural flight, Rolls-Royce engineers celebrate the performance of its revolutionary Trent 1000 jet engines. They’re the latest in a family of sophisticated...

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  3. Decline of Rolls Royce Aero (1978)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with businessman Freddie Laker, on the possible demise of the Rolls Royce RB211 engine. He says if the Americans stop buying it, the Rolls Royce Aero engine will go bust and that the British...

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  4. Aerospace industry buying British? (1995)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Chief correspondent Paul Maurice reports on whether British companies should buy British after British Airways awarded its Boeing 777 contract to American firm General Electric Engines, abandoning its...

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  5. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Air Power

    Date released
    19 Mar 1942
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    667A
    NoS ID
    012187
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rolls Royce. Merlin Engines. DESCRIPTION: Movietone looks at the manufacturing of the Rolls Royce Merlin aero-engine. Wing-Commander Leslie, Pilot Officer Roscoe and Flying Officer...

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  6. Inspection Techniques (1980 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows how the linear diode array camera and fibre optics are used to measure fine holes in combustion chambers and turbine blades of aero-engines. Also shows the use of laser holography to check...

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  7. Rolls-Royce

    Date released
    1963
    Series name
    British Calendar
    Issue no
    64
    NoS ID
    323809
    Story no
    9 / 9

    COI synopsis: Rolls-Royce cars and aero-engines

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  8. Birdstrike (1978 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Summarises the effects of foreign object damage particularly caused by bird ingestion to aero gas turbines. A vector diagram shows the effect of a bird’s impact on a fan blade. The various failure modes...

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  9. Industrial Achievements

    Date released
    2 Oct 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1530A
    NoS ID
    022635
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Industrial Achievements. DESCRIPTION: The Prime Minister paid a special visit of inspection to the Rolls-Royce works at Derby, where an important addition is a six million pound plant...

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