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  1. Coalbrookdale: The Origins of the Industrial Revolution (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min., 1997 sale: £14.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows the part played by Coalbrookdale in the Industrial Revolution, seeking to answer fundamental questions concerning the origins of industrialisation. Filmed in Shropshire at the Coalbrookdale furnace...

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  2. Steam As It was (1985 Video)

    Director
    Ken Wrench
    Producer
    Ken Wrench
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col.

    Finely constructed working models are used to trace the development of steam power from Heron of Alexandria and Branca, via Newcomen and Trevithick to heavy industrial and marine engines.

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  3. Ropemakers of Chatham, The (1982 Video)

    Director
    Philip Sugg
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale Special loan only, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 15 min.

    A technical and historical account of the process of making a rope at H M Dockyard, Chatham, told by the foreman of the Ropery.

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  4. Hand Rolling of Steel (1982)

    Director
    W.K.V. Gale
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 47 minutes), £12.00

    A record of the last Black Country hand steel rolling mill (John Bradley & Co.) made in 1982, only 3 days before it closed. The production follows the process from raw material to the final rolled section,...

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  5. Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu (1980 Film)

    Director
    David Loeb Weiss
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Records the last night on which the ‘New York Times’ was printed using ‘hot type’ cast from molten lead. Linotype setting, page make-up, stereotype matting, curved metal-plate casting and the final...

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  6. 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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  7. Claverton Pump (1979 Video)

    Director
    Mark Price
    Producer
    N D C Harris
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. U-matic. col. 15 min.

    Describes the history and operation of the Claverton pumping engine, built in 1813 to pump water from the River Avon up to the Kennet and Avon canal near Bath. This was reputedly the largest water driven...

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  8. Watercress Line, The (1979 Video)

    Director
    Graham M Geddes
    Subject
    Archaeology; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    A record of the rise and decline of a cross-country railway and of its resuscitation as a preserved line. The construction of the Mid-Hants Railway and its opening from Alton to Winchester Junction in 1865...

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  9. Waterwheels in Wales and the West Country (1978 Film)

    Director
    J Rogers
    Producer
    J Rogers
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows 16 waterwheels seen working in 1978 and others no longer in use. Outlines the development of waterwheels in Britain and shows some applications in corn milling (6 watermills operating commercially),...

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  10. Floating Bridge, The (1977 Video)

    Director
    Roger T Lambert
    Producer
    Graham M Geddes
    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 7 min., 1996 sale: £35.00 (inclusive)

    Traces the history of the Floating Bridge which, until the middle of 1977, crossed the River Itchen between Southampton and Woolston. It has now been replaced by a fixed bridge. Describes how the bridge...

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