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Showcase 09 videos
Video	What's it about?	Stats
Showcase 09 Sting also on YouTube	The MPA sting set Showcase 09 in motion with inspiring footage of the essential mineral products industry against an upbeat soundtrack.	14.5mb	help
Opening of Showcase 09	Channel 4 broadcaster Krishnan Guru-Murthy kicks off Showcase 09 and MPA Chairman, Lynda Chase-Gardener, launches the MPA in her opening speech.	15.7mb	help
Newsround	Kate Humble introduces the 2009 Newsround from outside at the Clitheroe Quarry, with features on Health & Safety, Sustainability, Emissions/Fuels and Community.	49.5mb	help
Concrete Update	Special feature looking at major concrete projects.	20.7mb	help
Affiliation Interview	Krishnan Guru-murthy introduces Nigel Jackson, Acting Chief Executive of MPA, and Martin Clarke, Chief Executive of British Precast, for a short interview about the affiliation agreement.	6.9mb	help
Restoration Awards Part One	Fascinating overview of Restoration Award sites Charing Sand Pit and Irthlingborough Quarry.	7.5mb	help
Restoration Awards Part Two	Insight into Restoration Award sites Ringwood Quarry, The National Memorial Arboretum and Hell Pit.	11.2mb	help
Biodiversity Update and Restoration Awards Part Three	Kate Humble takes a look at biodiversity in this video featuring peregrine falcons, a bat cave, beehives and a hundred million year-old dinosaur dung! She also introduces the Restoration Award sites at Cauldon Cement Works and Swanton Morley.	51.7mb	help
Presentation of the 40th Anniversary Award	Poul Christensen, Acting Chairman of Natural England, announces that they will sponsor a new Biodiversity Award for future Showcases and presents the special 40th Anniversary Award.	25.7mb	help
Presentation of the Cooper-Heyman Cup	Lord Smith, Chairman of the Environment Agency, presents the Cooper-Heyman Cup for the outstanding restoration site of 2009.	15.7mb	help
Make the link	A whirlwind tour of different projects around the UK which makes the link between mineral products and what they have helped to create - whether a bridge, golf course, hospital or tunnel.	23mb 3mins 35	help
Other videos
Video	What's it about?	Stats
Rocks around us	The role of quarries in our daily lives?	9.3mb 6mins 43	help
Since time began	Where would we be without quarries	7.8mb 1min 33	help
999 quarry rescue	Quarry safety for teenagers – a dramatic reconstruction of a real accident	15.8mb 14mins	help
Mature thinking	Mature Thinking is a programme devised by Roy Leighton for the MPA	10.3mb 12mins	help
Play safe ... stay safe	MPA’s quarry safety video for younger children	16.9mb 15mins	help