News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

160

Date Released

1975

Length of issue (in feet)

519

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Flexibility: Over And Under
• 2. Flexibility: Soft Skin
• 3. Flexibility: Pipe Liner
• 4. Flexibility: Polyester Bumpers

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Many an awkward problem can be solved by introducing a bit of flexibility. In this issue we look at the importance of being flexible - and what flexibility can mean. On remote railway bridges in Scotland flexibility can be the solution to an awkward maintenance problem. A new machine loops its way down from the track and underneath the bridge to carry out routine inspection.

Keywords

Railways; Science and technology; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/160

Credits:

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)

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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