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Power from the Wind

Date released

22 Sep 1932

Series name

Pathe Sound Pictorial

Issue no

755

NoS ID

114303

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

For centuries Man has searched for methods of obtaining power from the wind. Here’s a new type of wind machine, which is claimed to be a great advance in efficiency over the usual types.

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Wind Energy (1986 Film)

Subject

Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm, 28 minutes)

Describes wind power installations from the single unit on Fair Isle, which replaces an inadequate diesel generator, to the multi-power wind power stations in California. Viewers may find it interesting to...

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Taylor Woodrow and alternative energy sources (1979)

Genre

Interview

Dr Roger Brown of the research and development division of construction company Taylor Woodrow, on the company’s involvement in developing alternative energy sources to generate electricity, from early...

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Energy - the future [4 Programmes] - Part 2 (1986)

The Royal Society of Edinburgh organised a two-day conference on the future of energy at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow. The speakers comprised many of the key people in the field of...

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Wind Power (1984 Film, Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows examples of newly designed power plants, exploiting wind energy, subsidised either through private or government initiatives. The largest and most powerful being GROWIAN serving approximately 4000...

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Wind over Water (2004)

Subject

Energy; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes), £39.50

Wind power is a multimillion dollar global industry, which is growing at the rate of 40% per year. As the new millennium begins with wind energy emerging as a viable alternative to power supplied by coal and...

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Endless Energy: Wind, Solar and Geothermal Power (2002)

Subject

Geography; Physics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £29.95

Environmental hazards created by gas, coal and nuclear power have prompted exploration into viable alternatives. This program examines the potential and limitations of wind, solar and geothermal power as...

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Renewable Energy Policy: Big is Beautiful? (1997 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min., 1999 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p) T302/VC3

Focuses on the UK’s renewable energy programme and looks at the development of wave power and wind power. Asks why it was so hard for the UK to ‘pick winners’, and includes a comparison of the...

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Power from the Wind (1989 Video)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

Considers how wind energy was used in the past to perform a range of tasks, from draining the land to grinding corn and sugar cane. With the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution the...

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Renewable Energy (1993 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Defines renewable energy, discusses the advantages of solar, hydro, wind and geothermal energy biomass fuels, and looks at their role as future technologies.

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