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  1. Thames Barrier, The (1983 Video)

    Director
    Michael Bennett
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 24 min., 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)

    Opens with pictures of the devastation caused when the Thames flooded in 1953 killing over 300 people. Explains why the Thames is susceptible to flooding and how the barrier will prevent this. The design of...

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  2. Power for All Seasons (1977 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter Brown
    Producer
    Bryan Copplestone; Bob Daughton
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The design and application of the sponsor’s type TB gas turbine. Includes sequences shot in works in Qatar, Tunisia, Texas, Argentina and Scotland. Background material for second-year courses in...

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  3. Fifty Million Years Deep (1976 Film)

    Producer
    Michael Bennett
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The ‘Jumbo’ piles beneath Cannon Street in the City of London, between which the Fleet Line tunnels run, go to a depth which represents fifty million years in time. Straight-shafted, under-reamed and...

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  4. Friesians of the Future (1976 Film)

    Producer
    John Grant
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Introduces the concept of progeny testing of British Friesian bulls. Successful bulls are used extensively in the sponsor’s artificial insemination service in Britain and semen is exported to many parts of...

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  5. Good and Hard: The Manufacture of Tungsten Carbide Products (1976 Film)

    Producer
    Peter Brown; John Grant
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The manufacture of tungsten carbide and its applications as a metal cutting tool, a mining, quarrying and tunnelling tool, and for wear resistant components in a variety of industries. Second-year...

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  6. Bridge over the Bosporus (1974 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The bridge, opened at the end of October 1973 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, is the longest single span suspension bridge in Europe. The film covers the project from...

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  7. Warren Farm: A Stake in the Future (1974 Film)

    Director
    Bryan Copplestone
    Subject
    Veterinary science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Warren Farm, owned by the Milk Marketing Board, at Lambourn, Berkshire, is one of the largest beef-bull progeny testing centres in the world. Calves sired by bulls at the board’s various studs are...

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  8. Isaac Newton Telescope, The (1968 Film)

    Director
    Peter Brown
    Producer
    F B Nicol
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The manufacture, testing and installation of the Isaac Newton telescope. The grinding and polishing processes are shown and the assembly at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, Sussex.

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