News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

138

Date Released

1974

Length of issue (in feet)

400

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Ice Spy
• 2. Open Process
• 3. Cross Country Wheelchair

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: The spy which goes white with cold. Chemicals in special plastic sachets change from a clear liquid to an opaque white solid at freezing point, and can be incorporated into ice hazard warning road signs.

Keywords

Weather; Science and technology; Safety devices; Road transport; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/138

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Fred Goodland

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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