Bridgeman Arts
Tourist Train Ride, 1960s
Various shots of a narrow gauge railway with engine pulling carriage with tourists around countryside. Shots of an old car also touring the countryside with tourists in rear.
Bridgeman Arts
Steam Engines
Various shots of a collection of steam engines at a steam show. The engine owners take pride in showing the operating steam engines to the crowds.
Bridgeman Arts
Boy with machine outside and a man fries bacon and eggs on a spade/shovel over an open fire
Man with bellows stokes a fire Cooking bacon and fried eggs on a spade/shovel
Curated Video
SYND 16-3-69 WILLIAM LEAR TO BUILD A STEAM CAR
William Lear, founder of the Lear Jet company, tells of his plans for a steam driven car and race series.
1. (With voice over) Lear in a meeting
2. (With voice over) VS of race track drawings and actual shots of the racetrack being...
Bridgeman Arts
Miners at work. France, 1950
Clip 10 from 'Les gens du Nord' (People of the North), a black and white documentary about mining towns in the North of France. Footage of the mining industry in a French town, including workers labouring and railways transporting coal.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 28: The Fist American Steam Engine
Today we visit the first American steam engine. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Crash Course World History: The Industial Revolution
John Green discusses what is arguably the most revolutionary of modern revolutions, the Industrial Revolution. [11:04]
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #24: Engines
One of the greatest inventions is the steam engine. But why? What makes it so useful? And how does it work? In this video episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini talks to us about how engines work, what makes them efficient, and why...
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #26: Thermodynamics
It's time to heat things up! LITERALLY! It's time for Hank to talk about the history of Thermodynamics!!! It's messy and there are a lot of people who came up with some ideas that worked and others that didn't and then some ideas that...
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #21: The Industrial Revolution
You probably know some of the signs of industrialization in the nineteenth century: Trains connected cities, symbolizing progress. But they also brought about the destruction of rural lands, divisions between social classes, and rapid...