Fax Machine, The / The Lift
- Synopsis
- Tim Hunkin humorously explains the workings of some familiar machines. His technique is to present the scientific principles and show how the machines evolved by using demonstrations and animated cartoon sequences.
1: Follows the evolution of the fax machine, invented by Scotsman Alexander Bain as the pantelegraph before the telephone but almost unknown in the 1970s. Shows a human fax demonstration using a paint roller, and explains the electronics of a modern fax machine.
2: The history of the lift, explaining the principle with a simple rope-and-pulley device and showing developments from Otis’s first machine to modern versions, which are fully automatic. - Series
- Secret Life of Machines, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.
- Year of production
- 1992
- Availability
- Sale; 1997 sale: £14.99 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on C4 on 18/2/93 and 25/2/93.
- Subjects
- Technology
- Keywords
- lifts; office machines
Credits
- Director
- Frank Prendergast
- Producer
- Elizabeth Queenan
- Writer
- Tim Hunkin
- Cast
Rex Garrod Tim Hunkin
Sections
- Title
- Fax machine, The
- Synopsis
- 1: Follows the evolution of the fax machine, invented by Scotsman Alexander Bain as the pantelegraph before the telephone but almost unknown in the 1970s. Shows a human fax demonstration using a paint roller, and explains the electronics of a modern fax m
- Title
- Lift, The
- Synopsis
- 2: The history of the lift, explaining the principle with a simple rope-and-pulley device and showing developments from Otis's first machine to modern versions, which are fully automatic.
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
Channel Four Television
- Phone
- 071-396 4444
- Address
- LONDON
SW1P 2TX
Distributor
- Name
Team Video Productions
- admin@team-video.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.team-video.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 8960 5536
- Fax
- 020 8960 9784
- Address
- PO Box 38194
London
W10 5WZ - Notes
- Producer and distributor of DVD-based teaching packs for schools and colleges that aim to stimulate discussion on issues in areas including citizenship, religious education, critical thinking, energy and environment, and careers/work experience.
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