The story of man’s use of energy from the days of primitive sun worship to the present time. It took man a long time to find sources of energy - apart from man power - which he could harness to his own ends. For centuries he knew only of the horse, water, wind and fire. Then came coal, the steam engine, the Industrial Revolution, and the internal combustion engine using petrol. Today oil is the greatest source of energy. Commentary by Maurice Denham
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003295
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industry - History
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Oil industry - History
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Power resources
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Energy development
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Power resources
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Solar energy
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Steam-engines
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
History → Industrial revolution
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Combustion engineering
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Force and energy
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Power resources
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Solar energy
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)