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This 2-DVD set features film footage from the fifties and sixties which explores the power of nuclear energy and the threat of fallout after a nuclear explosion. Includes: NUCLEAR MEDICAL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR...
Dan Cruickshank looks at the development of transport during the Industrial Revolution, including the roadbuilding of John Loudon Macadam; James Brindley’s canal network; George Stephenson and the...
Looks at the history of France’s well-known attachment to nuclear energy and nuclear defence, and examines links between defence and energy in a nuclear context. Looks at the long-term consequences of...
Explains how the likely visual impact of wind turbines and wind farms can be evaluated and shows that the subjective nature of visual impact assessments is complex and open to a wide variety of...
A visit to a coal-fired power station shows viewers the sheer size and scale of the engineering. Graphics sequences explain how the various components of the plant work together. Uses the Didcot, Berkshire,...
Although hydro power is an established renewable energy technology, the UK’s small scale hydro resource is largely unexploited. This programme focuses on small hydro power and its potential, with the...
A cinematic portrait of Niagara Falls which over the years has come to symbolise the danger, power, beauty and finally degregation of America. The Falls have spawned a strange mixture of enterprises - from...
Visits a large-scale electricity power station, Didcot in Oxfordshire. The sheer scale of the station , which was designed to produce some 2000Mw, is contrasted with the combined heat AND power stations...
Studies combined heat and power (CHP), and district heating systems, and shows examples of both - Rotterdam, where a centrally situated power station, Schiehaven, has been converted to CHP and supplies how...
Considers how wind energy was used in the past to perform a range of tasks, from draining the land to grinding corn and sugar cane. With the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution the...
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