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Besler Corporation Promo Film: Steam-Driven Vehicles
(1932)
Demonstrates the practicality of steam-driven automobiles, airplanes and trains. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Transportation: Steam; Duration: 00:15:39 Popularity (downloads): 219 |
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Mining operations, Pennsylvania coal fields
(1904)
The film opens on an area covered with snow where the following operations are visible: track laying, and dirt moving by explosion, grader, steam shovel, and steam engine. Genre: Historical Keywords: Mines and mineral resources--Pennsylvania; Actuality--Shorts; Duration: 00:02:25 Popularity (downloads): 575 |
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NASASciFiles - Launch Catapult
(2003)
NASA Sci Files segment explaining how the on-board steam-powered launch catapult provides the force necessary to give a plane the speed and lift it needs to take off from the... Genre: Educational Keywords: USS Theodore Roosevelt; Aircraft Carrier; John Olivera; Cylinder; Piston; Shuttle; Flight Deck; Thrust; Steam; Nuclear Reactor; Power Plant; Runway; F-14; Dr. D.; Force; Direct Variation; Roll; Dihedral Angle; Duration: 00:05:55 Popularity (downloads): 2025 |
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NASASciFiles - History of Transportation
(2004)
NASA Sci Files segment exploring the history of transportation including inventions such as the wheel, the steam engine, and the combustion engine. Genre: Educational Keywords: NASA Sci Files; Technology; Transportation; History; Automobiles; Wheel; Steam Engine; Combustion Engine; Model T Ford; Mesopotamia; Nicolas Joseph Cugnot; Gottlieb Daimler;; Karl Benz; Aerodynamics; Drag; Air Resistance; Bicycle; Asia; Mass Transportation; Locomotives; Trains; Subway; Trolley; Horse Cars; Duration: 00:03:41 Popularity (downloads): 2217 |
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NASAKSN - Popcorn
(2003)
What makes popcorn pop? Genre: Educational Keywords: Bianca Baker; Heat Energy; Expand; Water; Steam; Duration: 00:00:55 Popularity (downloads): 1771 |
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Safe Roads
(1935)
Driving is compared with running a railroad train. With excellent images of steam-era passenger trains. Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: Infrastructure: Roads and highways;Safety: Automotive; Duration: 00:07:37 Popularity (downloads): 1097 |
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"Columbia" winning the cup
(1899)
From Edison films catalog: The decisive moment in the great International Yacht Races is shown in this picture. Against a background of well defined clouds, the Light Boat is seen... Genre: Historical Keywords: America's Cup races; Yacht racing--United States; Columbia (Yacht)Yachts; ActualitySports (Nonfiction); Duration: 00:01:33 Popularity (downloads): 2165 |
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NASAWhy?Files - Electricity
(2004)
NASA Why? Files segment explaining the forms of electricity and the many sources of power. Genre: Educational Keywords: NASA Why? Files; Electric Charges; Electrons; Lightning; Battery; Socket; Power; Solar Power; Solar Cells; Physics; Wires; Energy; Work; Chemical Energy; Mechanical Motion; Power Company; Current; Sources of Energy; Wind Power; Natural Gas; Coal; Oil; Nuclear Fission; Steam; Turbines; Generator; Niagara Falls Power Project; Hydro Power; Duration: 00:04:46 Popularity (downloads): 2518 |
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Steam hammer, Westinghouse works
(1904)
From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer... Genre: Historical Keywords: Power hammers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh; Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company; Factories--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh; Electric industry workers--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh; Manufactures--Pennsylvania--East Pittsburgh; Silent films; Actuality--Short; Industrial--Short; Duration: 00:03:29 Popularity (downloads): 832 |
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Martinez, California Scenes
(1927)
Scenes shot in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California, on San Pablo Bay, apparently in the late 1920s. Images include: pans over the waterfront; workers at the Bay Specialty Company; the... Genre: Ephemeral Keywords: San Francisco Bay Area: Martinez;Occupations: Laundry;Children; Duration: 00:14:32 Popularity (downloads): 106 |
