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  1. New Tyne Bridge

    Date released
    11 Oct 1928
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1545
    NoS ID
    087161
    Story no
    1 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    one of the greatest engineering feats of the country - opened by the King and Queen ... the excavation and sinking of the 4 great caisson for the foundation ... the flinging of the 2 great steel arches,...

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  2. Britannia - A Bridge (1973 Film)

    Director
    David C Lockner
    Producer
    John Shearman
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Robert Stephenson’s Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1970. Shows the reconstruction of the bridge, with steel arches supporting and eventually replacing...

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  3. ROOF BOLTING

    Date released
    Nov 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 11th Year
    Issue no
    3
    NoS ID
    345980
    Story no
    3 / 4

    BFI synopsis: how this modern technique helps safety underground in mines. NCB Commentary - Above ground the earth looks solid enough, but miners know better. Underground the strata of different rocks are...

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  4. National Story - Transport Today

    Date released
    Aug 1965
    Series name
    Mining Review 18th Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    346297
    Story no
    1 / 4

    NoS synopsis: Up-to-date methods of transporting supplies and men underground NCB Commentary - For every hundred tons of coal that comess out of a mine, £80 worth of supplies must be sent down the shaft....

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  5. Civil Engineering (2001)

    Subject
    Engineering; History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 98 min), £15.99 inclusive

    A compilation of 5 films from the British Transport Films collection. Volume 7 in the series.

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