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  1. News in Flashes

    Date released
    28 Nov 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    496
    NoS ID
    034230
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 shot list

    Duke of Kent inaugurates laboratory where fire resistance of building materials will be tested.

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  2. Steel in Fire (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 1995 sale: £70.00 (inclusive)

    Shows the testing of the fire resistance of a composite building: the erection of the building, the installation of a complex set of thermocouples, setting fire to the building, assessment of the damage.

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  3. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    8 Aug 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    488
    NoS ID
    347796
    Story no
    5 / 5

    NoS synopsis: various methods of testing the strength of building materials and also of the cables

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  4. Hampshire. High Speed Bridge Building

    Date released
    30 Aug 1926
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    783-2
    NoS ID
    130742
    Story no
    2 / 6

    [SUBTITLE]: "Rivers spanned in record time by Royal Engineers." Long shot of rural scene. Men approach river with bridge-building materials. Man floats across on front portion of bridge. Pontoon-style bridge...

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  5. Wood Properties and Use (2001 Video)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 2006 sale: £44.00 (+VAT+p&p)

    Looks at how to chose the best wood for a job by doing simple tests in the workshop. Shows tests for the following: hardness, stiffness, density, toughness, glueability; splitting and checking, finish,...

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  6. Rocks for Roads (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Nicholas Watson
    Subject
    Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1998 sale: £195.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Visits three quarries to investigate the materials needed for road building, where they come from and how they are processed. Environmentally acceptable sources are becoming scarce, and new approaches to the...

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  7. Development of Timber Engineering, The (2 Parts) (1979 Multimedia)

    Director
    Nita Spektorov
    Producer
    Nita Spektorov
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Hire, 36, 53 slides. col.

    Two programmes outlining the properties of wood and its history as a building material.

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  8. Roundwood Timber Framing: Building Naturally with Local Resources (2012)

    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £19.95

    A step-by-step design and build process for a locally sourced roundwood timber framed building, as well as showing other examples of builds including houses, a shop and a small outhouse. The link between...

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  9. Plate Girder Bridge, The (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min., 1995 sale: £180.00 (inclusive)

    Surveys the problems encountered in designing a plate girder bridge in steel. Discusses basic concepts and considers the strength of materials, stability, fatigue and additional stresses.

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  10. If Disaster Strikes (1988 Video)

    Subject
    Librarianship
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min.

    Gives guidelines on procedures necessary to salvage library materials which are damaged by flood or fire. Discusses staff training in the handling of damaged materials and suggests ways in which risks to the...

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