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  1. British Space Programme: Projects Cancelled 1962 (2012)

    Subject
    History; Space science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 76 minutes), £11.99

    Whilst the achievements and exploits of the Soviets and Americans in space exploration are well documented, the story of the British Space Programme is much less well known. Beginning in 1962 with the...

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  2. 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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  3. What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us: Material World (2005)

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

    Dan Cruickshank looks at the achievements of the Industrial Revolution: amongst them not only the Spinning Jenny and the steam engine, but the first jigsaw, the first stethoscope, the first tinned food and...

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  4. Twentieth-Century World (1998 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min., 1999 sale: £7.50 (inclusive)

    Series exploring the social, economic and political events that have affected the lives of British people in the 20th century. Themes include: the shipyards of Cardiff, colonial life in Kenya, the electronic...

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  5. It at Work: The Mainframe and the Micro: From Dp to It (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Traces developments in micro-electronics and information technology from the early 1970s. Specially shot film of 1960s valve-based computers is contrasted with today’s ‘supermarket’ approach to...

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  6. Origins of Scientific Cinematography, The (1994)

    Director
    Hans-Karl Galle; Virgilio Tosi
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £49.99

    A DVD of the 3-volume video set produced during 1990-1993 to illustrate the book of the same title by Virgilio Tosi. Part 1: A compilation of documentary film sequences arranged chronologically in six...

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  7. Childbirth and Contraception: Choices and Changes (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Women’s studies
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Traces the impact of science and technology on childbirth and contraception, and highlights how women’s choices and chances had altered by 1950. Women from Richmond, North Yorkshire, talk about their...

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  8. All-Electric Home, The (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Science; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Traces the development of domestic electricity in Britain and the subsequent changes this brought about for women in the home. Uses archive film from the Electricity Development Association and the...

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  9. It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow1 (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Neil Cameron
    Subject
    Media studies; Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    1870-1950 is a period characterised by a succession of innovations with remarkable effects in everyday life from new sources of power, new modes of transport, new clinical techniques to a great leisure...

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  10. Wheels of Progress (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Nat Taylor
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Few technological developments so captured the popular imagination during the first half of the 20th century as did motor vehicles. Using archive film from Germany and the United States the film shows how in...

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