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  1. Chicago: The Building of an EntrepÙt City / Chicago: The Rise of the Skyscraper (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 59 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Between 1830 and 1930 Chicago was laid out and became the second largest city in the USA and a centre of world trade. The complexity of its infrastructure grew as the city was developed using innovative...

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  2. Metropolis 1 (1995 Video)

    Director
    Frank Prendergast
    Producer
    Bryn Higgins; Frank Prendergast; Antony Woodward
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1997 sale: £180.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series tracing the historical and technological evolution of six typical components of a modern city. Uses graphics, video effects and dramatic re-creation to revealt he hidden mechanisms that enable the...

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  3. For Whom the Road Tolls (1994 Video)

    Director
    Richard Klein
    Producer
    Richard Klein
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., £20.00

    Examines the issues surrounding the introduction of tolls for motorists and looks at the competition to develop the system that can provide the technology to monitor the counting and deduction of fees from...

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  4. Ride on Time: Bus Priority in Ealing (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min., Free loan

    Looks at a bus priority demonstration project on the Uxbridge Road in the London Borough of Ealing.

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  5. Rebuilding Berlin (1992 Video)

    Director
    Cosima Dannoritzer; Karl Sabbagh
    Producer
    Cosima Dannoritzer; Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 sale: £20.00

    Many technical problems remain in Berlin after reunification. Looks at how engineers are overcoming difficulties in telephones, energy, public transport and other technical systems.

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  6. Urban Infrastructure Systems (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Geography
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 38 min.

    An introduction to the role of the different distributional infrastructure systems that underpin life in modern cities. Examines in turn each of the five sets of infrastructure - energy, transport,...

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  7. Keeping Tabs on the Containers (1988 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at some of the computer systems which support the movement of containers in and out of the port of Felixstowe and some of the data structures used in the system.

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  8. Transportation Revolution in Scotland (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Leonard; Janet McBain
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 45 min.

    Includes footage of George Bennie’s railplane, a propeller-driven vehicle which ran along elevated track in the 1930s. Sequences of servicing a steam locomotive; time-lapse photography of a tram being...

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  9. From Semaphore to Coloured Light (1986 Video)

    Director
    Roger T Lambert
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 20 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    Details the change in the early 1980s from semaphore signals to coloured light signals on British Rail’s remote controlled communication system in the Southampton area.

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  10. Who Needs Women Drivers?: On the Transport 1915-1986 (1986 Video)

    Director
    Sharon Goulds
    Producer
    Marilyn Wheatcroft
    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min.

    Uses archive material and live interviews to take a detailed look at the lives of 10 of London’s past and present women employees spanning over 70 years, from the first wave of women conductors working on...

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