Ingenuity: Scoop Boat
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Solutions to some everyday problems that didn’t need high technology to be resolved, but just a bit of ingenuity. A boat that can "scoop" an injured man quickly and painlessly out of water by dropping the front of the boat down and letting him flat on a cushion of water.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Science and technology; Emergency services; Design
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/170
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Peter Day
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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
'Ingenuity: Scoop Boat', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 170, 1975. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325719 (Accessed 29 Jun 2025)