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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...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Le Mans 24 hour race won by Mercedes-Benz.

An introduction to the sport of flying model aircraft. Made with assistance of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers.

An overview of the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix by Shell Oil. Watch the racing heroes of the 1950's conquer the tarmac in one of the picturesque racing...

Part two in a three part documentary series looking at how supersonic flight might be achieved in the future.

Directed by Geoffrey Jones.

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.

BAFTA-nominated documentary about the history of Cornish pumping engines.

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

A brief history of British aviation and the development of both civil and military aircraft. Made for the Festival of Britain.

Highlights from the 1951 race from Monaco.

A documentary looking at how truly international air travel (and transportation) has become and at the benefits in trade, medicine and communications...

A BAFTA award nominated documentary demonstrating how petrol burns in the engine under differing conditions.

Highlights from the 6th Farnborough Airshow in 1951.

A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.

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

A documentary looking at the elementary principles, illustrated by means of diagrams and models, of an internal combustion engine.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Farnborough International Air Show.

Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.

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...