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  1. Look at Life: Volume 1 - Transport (2010)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 540 minutes), £14.40

    Fifty-four films from the LOOK AT LIFE series, produced by the Special Features Division Rank Organisation every week for screening in Odeon cinemas between 1960 and 1969. Digitally restored from the...

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  2. Containing the Pacific (1998 Video)

    aka: Evergreen Story, The

    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Focuses on the huge success of ‘Evergreen’, a Chinese family transportation business that operates over much of the Pacific rim. Explores why this company has been so successful in its business ventures,...

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  3. Keeping Watch on the Invisible (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the technology and planning required for the monitoring of air quality. Examples are taken from transport, particularly shipping.

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  4. Sea Power Video (1993 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min.

    Archive film from the Museum’s collection, including sections on the Battle of Jutland, the ‘Pedestal’ convoy to relieve Malta, wartime shipyards, the WRNS, and shipping today.

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  5. Square Riggers of the 1930s (1993 Video)

    Director
    Gurth Kimber; Alan Villiers; Harold Wigram
    Producer
    Philip Sugg
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 51 min.

    Three archive films from the National Maritime Museum’s collection showing ships of the Ericksen Line before World War 2. SV VIKING was shot by Harold Wigram in 1938, some of it on early colour stock, and...

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  6. Introduction to Marine Insurance (3 Parts) (199 Video)

    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 20 min., 1997 sale: £100.00 (inc p&p +VAT) set

    An overview of marine insurance. 1: Covers: types of losses; handling and storage hazards; water damage; fortuitous losses; the marine cargo proposal form; terms of sale; rating cargo risks; cover given by...

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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. Transport in the Region (1985 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 78 min.

    A compilation of 13 films and film extracts showing aviation, motoring, trams, trains and shipping from 1896-1957.

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  9. Watch on the Channel (1979 Film, Video)

    Director
    K M Burtt
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the operation of the Channel Navigation Information Service (CNIS) and the role of the sponsor in providing scientific and technical support, particularly in the radar recording of ship traffic...

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  10. North Sea (1939 Video)

    Director
    Harry Watt
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 31 min.

    Features Aberdeen deep-sea fishing trawlermen and shows how the ship-to-shore radio service safeguards the lives of seamen. Reconstructs one of the many incidents which occured in the big gale of 1937,...

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