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  1. National Story - WATER - EVERYWHERE

    Date released
    Feb 1967
    Series name
    Mining Review 20th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    346360
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: The ever presence of water in a mine and its disposal. NCB Commentary - Even in times of drought on the surface, there’s always water present in a mine. It’s not always as evident as in...

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  2. FRESH WATER

    Date released
    Sep 1959
    Series name
    Mining Review 13th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    346059
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: one of the mining industry’s biggest problems, water underground, is solved at Mainsforth colliery, County Durham, by utilising the underground water to augment local water supplies NCB...

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  3. Kent - SEA SKI

    Date released
    Nov 1966
    Series name
    Mining Review 20th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    346352
    Story no
    3 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Miners from Snowdown Colliery practice water-skiing off Folkestone. NCB Commentary - After their nightshift Bill Roberts and his mates - maintenance workers at Kent’s Snowdon colliery - head...

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  4. Water Hammer (1995)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Free to UK higher education institutions

    A CAL simulation for building engineering that deals with the water hammer effect (transient pressure propagation) and identification of strategies to control the effect. Relevant in a range of areas as...

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  5. Biology of Spiders. No. 7: Capture of Prey: Webless Spiders (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Many spiders do not make silken webs. The jumping spiders stalk their prey and pounce when within range. Others lie in wait - they are usually cryptically coloured. The water spider catches prey either on or...

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  6. WATER CUTTER

    Date released
    5 Sep 1960
    Series name
    Mining Review 14th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    346102
    Story no
    4 / 5

    BFI synopsis: Coal cut by water in a South Wales mine.

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  7. Vanishing Earth (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Andrews
    Subject
    Agriculture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 90 min.

    Two-part documentary about the importance of soil and water. Part 1: Shows how mismanagement of land can lead to soil erosion and drought. Part 2: Shows methods of alleviating the problem and demonstrates...

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  8. Biology of Spiders. No. 11: Courtship and Mating: ‘Pisaura Mirabilis’; Capture of Prey: ‘Dolomedes Fimbriatus’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The male ‘Pisaura’ courts by catching and wrapping a prey and then seeking a mature female. Having found one, he poses before her holding his offering. If the female is prepared to mate she seizes the...

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  9. BIG WHEEL

    Date released
    Dec 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 18th Year
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    346269
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: the ingenious invention used by lead miners on the Isle of Man. NCB Commentary - The Isle of Man. People come to the Island for the sea - the countryside - and the amusements. But one of the...

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  10. PULSED INFUSION

    Date released
    Apr 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    8
    NoS ID
    345954
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: new technique of shot-firing using pulsed infusion NCB Commentary - Vane Tempest Colliery in County Durham is one of the locations where a new technique in shot-firing is being used. Here, at...

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