The Forerunner 1958
A BAFTA award documentary about the threats of floods in Australia, the special water schemes devised and the forerunner of these projects, the Snowy Mountains scheme.
A BAFTA award documentary about the threats of floods in Australia, the special water schemes devised and the forerunner of these projects, the Snowy Mountains scheme.
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.
An introduction to the sport of flying model aircraft. Made with assistance of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers.
A brief history of British aviation and the development of both civil and military aircraft. Made for the Festival of Britain.
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.
A documentary tracing the development of the helicopter from the original Da Vinci drawings to the modern versions actually in service in 1951.
A documentary investigating the science, aerodynamics and technologies involved in enabling aircraft to travel at speeds approaching or surpassing that of sound.
Listen up, apprentices! Learn how to smooth and shape metal – an important wartime skill.
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.
A British documentary on tunneling if a building falls in ruins.
A documentary demonstrating the evolution of lubrication since Egyptian times and how modern machines have advanced.
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 BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at advances in the treatment of infectious diseases.
A documentary looking at a day at Croydon Airport south of London.
A documentary looking at how truly international air travel (and transportation) has become and at the benefits in trade, medicine and communications that have ensued.
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.
A BAFTA award nominated documentary showing highlights from the Le Mans 24 hour race won by Mercedes-Benz.
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.
A BAFTA award winning documentary on the basic principles and applications of hydrostatics.
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.