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Earth is a battlefield

United Kingdom, 1957
film

A light-hearted history of the contribution steel has made to world food supplies and the importance of exports made from steel in paying for imported food. O..

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United Kingdom, 1951
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Speed the scrap [Short version]

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Speed the scrap [Long version]

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Sheffield made

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Steel and atomic energy

United Kingdom, 1954
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Earthly beings

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Canada, 1961
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The Global struggle for food

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