On 30/05/2014 19:05, ARW wrote:
"newshound" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 30/05/2014 12:55, michael adams wrote:
"ARW" wrote in message
...
http://film.britishcouncil.org/steel

(because that was the one I heard about on the radio)

linked to from here

http://timeimage.org.uk/2014/05/29/b...tion-complete/


or here

http://film.britishcouncil.org/briti...lm-collection/

I am sure at least one poster here will find something worth
watching on the site
instead of actually doing any DIY.


--
Adam

Great link, thanks.

Pathe on Youtube and now this as well.


michael adams

...


Yes indeed. Only watched the steel one so far. Fascinating not just
for the engineering but also the social details, not to mention the
H&S! Loved the guy forging the boiler drum for a Russian power station
on a 7k ton press.


Try this one next

http://film.britishcouncil.org/power-lines

I remember that one from CEGB training in the late 1960's. Alvar Lidell
and Norman Shelley, no less.