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Shows Peasenhall windmill 1935, Horstead water mill 1950, Epping iron foundry 1950, ships and trains at Mistley Quay 1957, Mistley maltings 1976, Marks Tey brickworks 1976, a disused lime kiln at Snettisham...
Blaber’s Portland Foundry, a working foundry in Brighton, under threat of development, shown at work. Interviews with the foreman and demonstrations of casting and fettling. Filmed March 1989.
Etna Brickworks in West Lothian was opened in 1880 and for over a century produced refractories and common building bricks using a method that remained largely unchanged. In addition to the 28-chamber kiln...
Details the change in the early 1980s from semaphore signals to coloured light signals on British Rail’s remote controlled communication system in the Southampton area.
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...
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.
Looks at coke-making and the early history of gas lighting, and includes material on a surviving gas works at Newton Stewart in Scotland. Animation shows how coal tar collects as a by-product. Discusses...
Illustrates the methods of working early textile machines, from the flying shuttle to the spinning mule. Engravings, cartoons and actual examples from Helmshare Higher Mill Museum are used. The final section...
An archival record of the blacksmith’s shop at Chatham dockyard showing a number of craft skills: forging, chain making and testing, spring making, locksmithing, stanchion making and galvanising. The...
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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