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  1. Images and Innovation (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Millington
    Subject
    Design; Media studies; Sociology; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Images of new technology are often gained from the mass media, especially television. Examines how the Horizon programme NOW THE CHIPS ARE DOWN, made in 1978, about the impending changes to society caused by...

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  2. Sources of Power (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The need for power was fundamental to the expanding industries of the 18th and 19th centuries. Water power was the first answer, but the geographical limitations led to the development of steam power in the...

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  3. Selling the Secret (1990 Video)

    Director
    Ross Wilson
    Producer
    Paul Murricane
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00

    Follows the first steps taken by the Soviet Union to sell its exploitation of outer space to the West. Also captures the reactions of a group of Western businessmen in the Soviet Union to the environment in...

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  4. Childbirth and Contraception: Choices and Changes (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Traces the impact of science and technology on childbirth and contraception, and highlights how women’s choices and chances had altered by 1950. Women from Richmond, North Yorkshire, talk about their...

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  5. Iron Making and Bridge Building (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Strong materials are required to make bridges, and wood or stone were replaced by iron as large blast furnaces came along. The superior tensile properties of iron allowed bridge builders to use new designs,...

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  6. How Chips Are Made (1994)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL)

    A short video showing the manufacture of semiconductor chips at the University of Edinburgh’s microelectronics facility and explaining the principles of integrated circuit fabrication.

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  7. Materials Matter (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 11 min.

    Examines how collaboration between different specialists is vital to the successful development of new design ideas. This is demonstrated by using British Aerospace’s search for an appropriate material for...

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  8. Alkali Industry, The (1983 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The presenter, an historian of the chemical industry, demonstrates the chemistry involved in the three principal historical processes for the production of alkali. He visits sites associated with the...

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  9. Mechanisation of Textile Spinning, The (1984 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Illustrates the methods of working early textile machines, from the flying shuttle to the spinning mule. Engravings, cartoons and actual examples from Helmshare Higher Mill Museum are used. The final section...

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  10. Dhss, The: A Strategy for Benefits (1988 Video)

    Producer
    Ann Pointon
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Outlines the strategy of the DHSS for computerising its benefits system and asks who benefits and how.

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