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  1. United Biscuits: 50 Years on (1982 Video)

    Subject
    Business studies; Technology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 15 min.

    The present-day, highly automated, factory at Talcross, Glasgow, contrasts with the labour-intensive original factory of McVitie & Price. A black-and-white film shot in the 1930s is followed by a colour...

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  2. Happiness in Flying (1980)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Biography of the aeroplane designer Andrei Tupolev, including archive material of early aircraft, and Chkalov’s flight in the 1930s landing in the USA.

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  3. History of Microscopy, The (4 Parts) (1980 Video)

    Director
    Nicholas Salmon
    Producer
    Nicholas Salmon
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 61, 60, 55, 60 min., 1999 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p) (part 2)

    1: W Gilbert Hartley in conversation with Philip C Robinson: a survey of light microscopy. 2: An illustrated lecture with slides and demonstrations by Gerard Turner of the Royal Microscopical Society. 3: P C...

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  4. Potbank (1980 Film)

    Director
    Jennifer Tann
    Subject
    Archaeology; Crafts
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A record of the last bottle-oven firing in the Potteries in August 1978 at the Gladstone Pottery Museum. Craftsmen who had not placed saggars for twenty five years returned for this unique occasion to do it...

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  5. I K Brunel (1979 Multimedia)

    Director
    Nita Spektorov
    Producer
    Nita Spektorov
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Hire, Audiocassette. 30 min. Philips compact cassette with slide synchronising pulses to USPEC.; 80 slides. col.

    An appreciative look at the achievements of this great engineer with particular emphasis on the Great Western Railway. Also shows the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash, his...

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  6. Man the Inventor: The History of the Heat Engine (1976 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A history of heat engine development from Hero of Alexandria to Rudolph Diesel. Includes archival film of old machinery in motion including steam engines (Crofton, Youngs Brewery at Wandsworth), ships, early...

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  7. Glasgow Subway (1975 Film, Video)

    Producer
    John Macpherson
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents this distinctive transport system before its planned modernisation. Courses in the history of technology or history of transport.*

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  8. Industrial Revolution, The (1975 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 23 min.

    Shows industrial developments that transformed the cottage industries of the 18th century into the power-driven factories of the 19th. Darby’s introduction of coke iron smelting mill leads to Huntsman’s...

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  9. Lime Kilns at Heilam Ferry (1975 Video)

    Director
    John Macpherson
    Producer
    Ian Ralston
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 8 min.

    An outline examination of the remains of a set of kilns in northern Sutherland, relating them to the economy of the Sutherland Estates during the latter part of the 19th century.

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  10. Pioneers of Photography (1975 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 x 25 min.

    A series of documentaries about the individuals who developed the art of photography in its earliest days. 1: The work of William Henry Fox Talbot. 2: The work of Nicephore Niepce and his partnership with...

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