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  1. Japanese Fishermen, The (1956 Film)

    Subject
    Sociology; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The crew of the fishing boat ‘Lucky Dragon’, caught in the fallout 70 miles from the Bikini H-bomb test area. Warnings of the likely effects of contamination of the sea, rain, food and drink.*

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  2. Mining for Nickel (1956 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the methods of locating and defining an ore body and gives an indication of the vast extent and intricacy of the work needed to develop a modern mine and extract the ore. Discusses five methods of...

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  3. Homage to Dr e J Marey (1954 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Like Dr Eadweard Muybridge earlier, Dr Etienne-Jules Marey produced a set of time and motion study plates in the 1890s: originally published as a series of still photographs they can reproduce the actual...

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  4. Diamond Dies (1950 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The making of diamond dies for drawing tungsten filaments. High quality industrial diamonds are used. The outer surfaces are cut and the hole is bored in three stages. The die is enclosed in brass which is...

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  5. Hard Rock Mechanised Mining. Part 1: Salt Mining and Limestone (195 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Demonstrates the application of mining equipment as used in the extraction of salt and limestone.

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  6. Hard Rock Mechanised Mining. Part 2: Potash (195 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Demonstrates the application of a special type of mining machine in the extraction of potash.

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  7. Hard Rock Mechanised Mining. Part 3: Iron and Zinc (195 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Demonstrates the application of modern mining equipment in the extraction of iron and zinc.

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  8. Arc Welding at Work (1948 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Defines and describes the use of (1) metal arc welding, (2) atomic hydrogen welding and (3) inert gas welding, emphasising that arc welding is the most economical, the strongest and lightest fabrication...

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  9. Advantages of AC Welding (1947 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Compares the methods used in alternating current arc welding with those in direct current arc welding and stresses the advantages of the former.

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  10. Harbour Goes to France, A (1944 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Archive copy in the Imperial War Museum. The story of ‘Mulberry’, a prefabricated harbour larger than Dover Harbour, designed, tested and built in Britain, towed across the English Channel, and set down...

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