News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

91

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

470

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Film From Video Tape
• 2. Dragonjack
• 3. Crystall Ball Farm Game
• 4. Possum

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: If Old Macdonald were to up-date his farm he might well find himself installing a computer terminal. It may not be able to tell him when to plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land, but it will ensure that his management reaps a healthy financial harvest in years to come.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/91

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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