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ROAD WORKS AHEAD ... ... 100 years of road building, the Methods & Machinery
We take a detailed look at some of the methods used to construct roads over the last century, and the machinery employed, with footage of a wide range of preserved road rollers and ancilliary equipment. Steam rollers had a special fascination for 'boys of a certain age' four or five decades ago, and there's plenty of facsination here.
50 mins .. CS046D ... £9.95 + £1.50 p&p
CLIFF LIFTS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Using b&w still photographs and archive film, plus recent footage, the cliff funiculars and lifts of Great Britain are featured, with long lost examples being included along with those still in operation today. Fifteen locations are visited, plus vertical lifts at Brighton, Ramsgate, Margate and Whitby, as well as the Clifton Rocks funicular which closed in 1934 with tracks and cable still in position. Very much a specialist title for enthusiasts of these rare examples of industrial archeaology.
Aberystwyth : Babbacombe : Bridgenorth : Bristol Clifton Rocks : Bournemouth : Broadstairs : Folkestone (4) : Hastings (2) : Lynton - Lynmouth : Llwyngwern : Margate : Saltburn : Scarborough (4) Shipley Glen : Southend
85mins ... OV364D ... £18.00 + £1.50 p&p
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.1 - LINERS & LAUNCHES
A selection of films reviving the days when Liverpool was home to some of the world's greatest liners. Liners include: Aquitania Mauretania I, Mauretania II in 1938, Duchess of Atholl, Empress of Britain I, Empress of Scotland I, QE2 and Windsor Castle. Launches include: Ark Royal II in 1950 and Windsor Castle in 1958 ; the raising of the Empress of Canada in Gladstone Dock in 1954 & footage of the QE2. Commentary by Martin Jenkins.
53-mins . . . OV954D . . . DVD only . . . . . . £15.00
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.2 - LINK & LOOP ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
The Link & Look Electric Railways of Merseyside - features the different types of electic railways that have served Merseyside, including the former American Style Mersey Railway Stock on lines to Rock Ferry & New Brighton, the 502 class on the routes from Exchange Station to Southport & Ormskirk, 503 class round the Loop, plus 508 & 509 classes in their early days.
60-mins . . . OV958D . . . DVD only .... ..... £15.00
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.3 - BOATS, PLANES, TRAMS, TRAINS
Features a mix of all aspects of Merseyside Transpon - Ships, Trains, Trams, Overhead, & uses 70% of new material.
45-mins . . . OV959D . . . DVD only .... ..... £10.00
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.4 - FERRIES ACROSS THE MERSEY
Featuring footage, some from 1901, of numerous boats in action on the Mersey.
60-mins . . . OV961D . . . DVD only .... ..... £15.00
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.5 - ISLE OF MAN STEAM SHIP CO
Featuring footage of this famous steam packet service, used and loved by millions over the decades.
60-mins . . . OV961D . . . DVD only .... ..... £15.00
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.6 -
LIVERPOOL - NO TRAMS TO THE PIER HEAD
Specially assembled to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the closure of Liverpool Trams in Sept '57, this programme contains Green Goddesses, the Dockers Umbrella (Liverpool Overhead Railway), the famous Ferries Across the Mersey & long-gone scences in the city of the '50s.
(This title has been brought within the Merseyside Memories series as Vol 6)
90 mins . . . OV461D . . . DVD only .... ..... £12.00
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.7 - STEAM ON THE WIRRAL
Archive film from as long ago as 1919 featuring steam action around the Wirral, centred on Birkenhead. Includes many pre-nationalisation views . .
(This title has been brought within the Merseyside Memories series as Vol 7)
85-mins . . . OV457D . . . DVD only .... ..... £18.00
MERSEYSIDE MEMORIES VOL.8 - STEAM AROUND LIVERPOOL

Features pre-war activity at Lime Street; Gateacre - Aintree Central service; glories of Edge Hill grid iron; North Liverpool Line; Bootle Branch; Liverpool - Southport Expresses; steam at Brunswick, Central, Exchange, Sandhills, Kirkdale, Fazakerley; 15 Guinea Special.
90-mins . . . OV456D . . . DVD only .... ..... £18.00
PADDLE STEAMER MEMORIES
Features archive footage of over 40 legendary vessels in action, in areas including the South Coast, Bristol Channel, Llandudno, Blackpool, the Clyde, Loch Lomand, the Tay, the Forth, the Humber & the Thames.
90-mins ... OV438 ... £16.00
A FRED DIBNAH DVD SET
only on DVD now, no VHS left, sorry.
1.FRED DIBNAH ~ All Steamed Up .. BH102D . . . visit with Fred the Cheshire Steam Fair; features 10-ton road roller 'Betsy' & road loco 'Atlas'; plus 'At Work' in the Dibnah Steam Workshop. 55 mins £12.99
2.FRED DIBNAH ~ The Ups and Downs of Chimneys .. BH103D . . . features Fred demolishing chimneys; one is Rugby Mill Chimney at Oldham which is just 4'6'' from the next building. 76 mins ... £12.99
3.FRED DIBNAH'S INDUSTRIAL AGE .. BH110D . . . Britain's industrial heritage looking at wind, water and steam ; mills & factories ; iron & steel ; mining ; railways ; ships & shipbuilding. 150 mins DVD .... £16.99
4.Fred Dibnah : Made in Britain Vol 1 ... (Episodes 1 - 6) ... GT107D
Features Fred Dibnah's epic journey around Britain on a 1912 traction engine in search of our industrial & engineering past. Vol 1 contains the first 6 episodes of Fred's last TV series. - 174 mins .. £19.99
5. Fred Dibnah : Made in Britain Vol. 2 (Episodes 7 - 12) ... GT108D
Fred travels around Britain on his traction engine searching for our industrial & engineering past. - 174 mins .. £19.99
SCOTLAND ... 11 volumes of Lovely Scenic Titles on DVD
many areas of The Highlands and Hebrides ;
no commentaries, just relaxing music and gorgeous scenery.
only on DVD now, no VHS left, sorry.
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AROUND ARDNAMURCHAN
. . Acharacle, Ardtoe, Glenuig, Loch Shiel & Moidart.
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FORT WILLIAM and LOCHABER
.. Fort William, Ballachulish, Glencoe, Onich, Ardgour, Strontian, Kingairloch, Banavie, Spean Bridge, and a variety of scenes in between.
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HEBRIDEAN ISLES No 1
. . Features a look at isles of Canna, Muck, Eigg & Rum. 48 mins
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HEBRIDES SOUTH
. . islands of Colonsay, Islay, Jura & Gigha, plus a paddle on the Waverley. 57 mins
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INVERNESS, THE BLACK ISLE & STRATHSPEY
. . Loch Laggan, Newtonmore, Kingussie, Feshie, Cairngorm, Aviemore, Boat of Garten, Strathspey Steam Railway, Grantown, Carrbridge, Cawdor Castle, Culloden, Inverness, Loch Ness, Urquart Castle, Strathpeffer, Dingwall, Cromarty, and many places between.
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48 mins £14.99 now £13.99
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ISLE OF MULL
.. includes short sequence on Mull Railway, and Tobermory, Iona, Staffa, and puffins on Lungha Island.
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NORTH WEST SCOTLAND
.. north from Ullapool to Lochinver, Kylesku, Scourie, Kinlochbervie, Durness & Cape Wrath.
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44 mins £14.99 now £13.99
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OBAN & ARGYLL
.. Ballachulish to Oban; Lismore, Seil & Easdale Islands; Inveraray ; Auchindrain & Kilmartin ; Lochgilphead, the Crinan Canal with steam puffer to Ardishaig & Tarbert. 50 mins
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SKYE, LOCHALSH & WESTER ROSS
.. through Glenshiel, over Ratagan to Glenelg, across to Skye, back to Kyle, up to Plockton & over to Applecross % Diabeg, by Gairloch, Inverewe Altbea to Ullapool.
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53 mins £14.99 now £13.99
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WEST ARDNAMURCHAN
.. Kilchoan, Mingary Castle, and many of the peninsular's features plus the ferry across to Tobermory on Mull. 51 mins
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£14.99 now £13.99
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For BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE vols 1 - 6, see our Rail & Steam page'
titles include: ON AND OFF THE RAILS : SEE BRITAIN BY TRAIN : RUNNING A RAILWAY
RESHAPING BRITISH RAILWAYS : OFF THE BEATEN TRACK : THE ART OF TRAVEL
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