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Engineering (1974 Video)

Director

Michael Clarke; R K Neilson; Nick Nicholls; James Ritchie

Producer

Edgar Anstey; John Legard; John Shearman

Subject

Engineering; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 114 min., 2000 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948, the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house production and distribution system to cater for all the requirements of the various undertakings,...

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Travelling Lightly (2001)

Subject

Environmental science; FE; Technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £55.00

As air pollution from transport becomes a serious issue and traffic and congestion on British roads reaches an all time high, ‘Travelling Lightly’ explores possible solutions to the negative impact of...

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Driverless Car, The (2015)

aka: Baby, You Can Drive My Car

Subject

Engineering; Transport

Audio podcast recorded to complement an article in E&T , the journal of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Laura Onita talks to Dr John McCarthy, Technical Director Highways and Transportation...

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London Underground, The (1975 Video)

Subject

Architecture; Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 23 min., 1999 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Shows three stations designed by Charles Holden for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line - Cockfosters, Oakwood and Southgate. They are seen as structures perfectliy fitted for their function and also as...

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Plants: Problems with Water (1991 Video)

Producer

Aileen Llewellyn

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

When does biology seem to outstrip simple physics? Ordinary air pressure can only raise a column of water up ten metres, but a giant redwood tree can raise it more than 100 metres. The film demonstrates how...

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Transportation Revolution in Scotland (1987 Video)

Producer

Michael Leonard; Janet McBain

Subject

History; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 45 min.

Includes footage of George Bennie’s railplane, a propeller-driven vehicle which ran along elevated track in the 1930s. Sequences of servicing a steam locomotive; time-lapse photography of a tram being...

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Technology and the Victorian City (1985 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p)

Dr Denis Smith, Chairman of the Greater London Archaeology Department, describes how new technology was used to tackle some of London’s main social problems such as providing clean drinking water, hygenic...

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Transyt: Traffic Road Signal Co-Ordination (1975 Film, Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Film (16mm)

TRANSYT is a computer-based method of co-ordinating traffic signals to relieve traffic congestion in cities and towns. It was developed and tested by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory. The film...

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Docklands Light Railway. Part 2: Designs and Decisions (1986 Video)

Producer

Andrew Millington

Subject

Business studies; Technology

Distribution

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

The hard systems method is applied to the process of choosing the optimum light rail system for the area. Choices had to be made on the route, type of system, station designs etc, and to help in the...

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Memoirs of Women Who Went to War, The (2003)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 58 minutes), £10.00

Eye-witness accounts by women who contributed to the British war effort during World War 2. Includes the Royals, the WAAF, the WRNS, the ATS, the WVS, the AFS, Air Raid Wardens, Civil Defence, Women’s...

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