Frost Proof Statues
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Marble statues often used to spend the winter wrapped in blankets to protect them from the frost. Now, under a huge plastic bag sealed round the statue, air is forced out of the stone by drawing resin in through all its pores. And the statue can be uncovered for evermore! A process that could mean a new lease of life not just for statues, but for all kinds of structural materials being invaded by polluted air.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Arts and crafts; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/168
- 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)
- 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).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
How to cite this record
'Frost Proof Statues', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 168, 1975. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325712 (Accessed 19 Feb 2025)