Getting Around: Magnetic Bus
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: It seems we just can’t stand still; getting around has become a vital part of living today... and living tomorrow. In this issue we look at a few of the machines developed to satisfy our urge to keep on the move. A look into the future: getting around in a vehicle which, travelling without wheels, hovers on a magnetic cushion.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Transport; Science and technology; Engineering; Design
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/157
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Roy Deverell
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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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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How to cite this record
'Getting Around: Magnetic Bus', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 157, 1975. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325665 (Accessed 22 Feb 2025)