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  1. Wonderful World of Albert Kahn, The (2008)

    Subject
    Art; History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL)

    Over 72,000 colour photographs. More than 180,000 metres of film. Hundreds of letters, diaries, and testimonies, describing extraordinary journeys through exotic lands. This vast treasury is held in the...

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  2. Design 1 (2007)

    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 156 minutes), £25.99

    The DVD features the 6 26-minute programmes in a series that places the art of design in its sociological and technological context. The programmes tell the story of the 20th century through six industrial...

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  3. Radio Broadcast History Films DVD (2007)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 180 minutes), $9.99

    A collection of archival films relating to the history of radio broadcasting.

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  4. James May’s Twentieth Century (6 Parts) (2007)

    aka: James May’s 20th Century

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £39.99

    Documentary series about 20th century innovations. Separate programmes cover worldwide travel and communications, space exploration, how warfare drives ingenuity, emergence of the teenager, and urbanisation.

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  5. Space Race Films 1957-1965 (2006)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), $9.99

    14 films, including advertisements, newsreels, depicting the struggle between the US and the USSR to achieve supremacy in space

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  6. Massive Engines with Chris Barrie (2006)

    aka: Chris Barrie’s Massive Engines

    Director
    Jeremy Cadle
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £17.99

    Chris Barrie tells the story of the development of engine power across a range of ten different types of machines. He combines historical anecdotes with test drives and demonstrations to give insights into...

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  7. Long Span, The (2006)

    Director
    Jim Hendry
    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £19.99

    A documentary filmed over six years that charts the building of the Forth Road Bridge, from the driving of the first pile to the bridge’s opening by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in September 1964. DVD...

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  8. History of Computers, The (2006)

    Subject
    Information technology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    The programme traces the development of the computer, from the first valve-based devices of the mid 20th century, to the invention of silicon-based technology leading to the manufacture of the first PCs. The...

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  9. Ancient China: Ancient China: Masters of the Wind and Waves (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Aviation; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC), $24.95

    Twenty-five hundred years before modern air travel the ancient Chinese had learned the complicated principles of fluid and aerodynamics. The notion of "hard air" (air pressure) was understood by Taoist monks...

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  10. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: On the Move (2005)

    Subject
    History; Science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 30 minutes), £24.99

    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...

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