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Starts with a series of demonstrations showing the three electromagnetic principles on which the induction motor is based. Then uses models to explain how a linear induction motor works. The new magnetic...
A compilation of 13 films and film extracts showing aviation, motoring, trams, trains and shipping from 1896-1957.
Looks at the development of German railways from c. 1900.
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...
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...
The ‘Jumbo’ piles beneath Cannon Street in the City of London, between which the Fleet Line tunnels run, go to a depth which represents fifty million years in time. Straight-shafted, under-reamed and...
A record of the last working days of the self-acting incline railway built by Stephenson in 1827 to carry coal across the Durham hills to the Tyne. The film concerns the men who worked the line and follows...
Shows three stations designed by Charles Holden for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line - Cockfosters, Oakwood and Southgate. They are seen as structures perfectliy fitted for their function and also as...
A British Transport Films video compilation focusing on the highlands, coasts and cities of Scotland. 1 (1965, 17 min, director Edward McConnell, producer Edgar Anstey): Sketches the emotional quality of...
Documents this distinctive transport system before its planned modernisation. Courses in the history of technology or history of transport.*
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