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  1. Heavy Media Coal Cleaning Process, The (1940 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the equipment and methods used in the heavy media process. The plant and equipment are somewhat old-fashioned but the principles involved are well explained.

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  2. Television: The Family Friend (1940)

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 120 minutes), $14.99

    A collection of US films detailing the development of television, from its inception to its grand heyday. Individual titles are: The Hillsborough with New Hideaway Styling 1959 2:30 Magic in the Air 1941...

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  3. Futurism from the Past (1940)

    Subject
    Social Studies; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 95 minutes), $14.99

    A collection of educational films and corporate advertising campaigns from the 40s/50s/60s presents what life in America will be like in the future. From household robot servants to rocket propelled cars,...

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  4. Roof Bolting in Metal Mines (194 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Demonstrates roof bolting and points out its advantages in preventing accidents and in increasing production. Describes wedge type roof bolts.

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  5. Steel Plus (194 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the processes involved in the manufacture of tin-plated steel sheets.

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  6. Nine for Six (1939 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. st. col. 8 min.

    The Meadowhead School football team lose their ball immediately before their match with the council school, Bromford. They get the Bromford team to bring a ball with them by sending a nine-word telegram...

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  7. World of Steel (1938 Video)

    Director
    Laurence Henson
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 5 min., 1999 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    A promotional film made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow, illustrating steel rolling mill production for girders for the Empire Exhibiton Tower.

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  8. Fairy of the Phone, The (1936 Video)

    Director
    William Coldstream
    Producer
    Basil Wright
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 13 min.

    A comedy with musical sequences including an opening song featuring a chorus of telephonists. The script was based on page 6 of the 1936 London telephone directory - instructions to subscribers on how to use...

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  9. King’s Stamp, The (1935 Video)

    Director
    William Coldstream
    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 20 min.

    Shows the designing, lithographing and printing of the King George V Silver Jubilee stamp. A short history of postage stamps is dramatised with scenes about Rowland Hill and the reactions of the general...

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  10. Industrial Britain (1931 Video)

    Director
    Robert J Flaherty
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    History; Sociology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 21 min.

    Looks at the craftsmanship involved in industrial processes. Shows both glassmaking and glassblowing for industrial and domestic use. In a steel works molten iron is poured into moulds. Steelwork is erected...

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