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Introduces ergonomics, the study of the effects produced by man’s working environment upon his performance. Shows how scientists and engineers combine to improve conditions and adapt tools to the...
A compilation made from the three films in the HIGH SPEED FLIGHT series, illustrating the behaviour of airflow at speeds approaching, around, and beyond that of sound: the effects of airflow behaviour on...
Shows processes used in the refining of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, gold and silver concentrates remaining after nickel and copper are extracted from the ore.
Portrays the daily work of the fishermen of Morecambe Bay, including their very distinctive methods of fishing which were adapted to the long flats and shallows of their piece of coast. Some of the most...
Detailed description of the refining of copper from the relatively crude 97% pure blister copper to the electrolytically refined copper of 99.97% purity.
The construction of the Severn tunnel and a record of the unique group of six Cornish beam engines which kept the tunnel free of water for over 70 years before being replaced by electric pumps. The...
Describes how the properties of cast iron can be radically improved by altering the shape of its graphite particles from flakes to spheroids. This confers on it unusual properties of strength and ductility....
Explains the purpose of refining and shows some of the principles involved. Surveys electrolytic and Mond Carbonyl methods of nickel refining on the large scale necessary to obtain the great quantities of...
Using practical examples from a medium-sized building firm, this film demonstrates some of the ways in which work study, and method study in particular, can help builders to reduce costs and achieve greater...
The opening by of Calder Hall, the world’s first nuclear power station.the world’s first nuclear power station, by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Describes the construction and design of the station, and shows...
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