Videoteca

The Safety Net 1978
A BAFTA award nominated docu-drama that illustrates the fact that every individual working in any potentially hazardous situation is responsible for his own safety and for the safety of others.

The Carburettor 1977
A BAFTA award nominated reworking of a 1957 documentary using models and animation to explain the need to mix air and petrol in the correct proportions to create an efficient fuel for an engine.

Engineering - North Sea 1976
A documentary concerned with engineering projects connected with developing North Sea oilfields, specifically the Auk and Brent fields.

Hydraulics 1976
A BAFTA award winning documentary on the basic principles and applications of hydrostatics.

The Early Americans 1975
A BAFTA award winning documentary. Locations for the film range from Alaska and the southwest of the USA to the Eastern woodlands. It depicts geologists, archaeologists, anthropologists and scientists from other disciplines piecing together the clues to man's rise from ice age hunter to builder of complex societies more than 2000 years before Columbus set sail for the New World.

How An Aeroplane Flies: Part One 1975
A BAFTA award nominated documentary updating the original film made in 1947 demonstrating the theory and practice of aerodynamics.

Waiting on Weather 1975
A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the work of supply ships to North Sea oil rigs. Described by members of the crew, it focusses on the difficulties posed by the unpredictable weather conditions.

Acting in Turn 1974
A BAFTA award nominated documentary tracing the development of the gear from the first recorded use in a crude form over two thousand years ago to its widespread use in many forms today.

We Call it Petrol 1972
A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating how petrol burns in the engine under differing conditions.

The Threat in Water 1968
A BAFTA award winning documentary looking at bilharzia - a disease that affects some 200 million people worldwide.

Paint 1967 star_border 6
A BAFTA award nominated documentary tracing the history of paint and it's components from the paintings of the stone age to the the late 1960s.

Shellarama 1965
A celebration of Shell Petroleum, tracing its manufacture from discovery in oil fields to its eventual use as fuel for modern living across the globe.

Food or Famine 1962
A BAFTA award nominated looking at methods of increasing food production, including improved strains of crops, the use of pesticides, weedkillers and insecticides and land reclamation.

A Light in Nature 1960
A short documentary looking at the science of life itself and at the international collaboration involved in it's study.

The Revealing Eye 1960
Surveys the history of cinematography and microphotography with many examples of the strides that have been taken in these fields. The history of the scientific study of motion through the cine-camera. High-speed, and time-lapse cinematography allied with X-ray and the microscope have made possible the study of movements and subjects which the normal eye cannot see. Experiments from 1890 to 1940, when it was possible to slow down the flight of a bullet so that one is seen tapping a piece of glass and passing through before the glass is shattered. Cinematography from space rockets. The use of colour photography in the schlieren technique. (from the ACMI website)

High Speed Flight 1960 star_border 6
A BAFTA award nominated abridged documentary depicting the issues facing engineers delivering high speed flight. It was initially made in three parts in 1957.

Beyond the Speed of Sound 1959 star_border 5
This final in the three part documentary series looks at the capabilities of modern commercial aircraft to regularly travel faster than the speed of sound.

Unseen Enemies 1959
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at advances in the treatment of infectious diseases.

Coupes des Alpes: The Story of the 1958 Alpine Rally 1959 star_border 7
A BAFTA award nominated documentary reviewing the 1958 Alpine Rally.

Schlieren 1958
A documentary feature explaining the principles of Schlieren photography, which makes any phenomenon that changes the refractive index of transparent substances visible.

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