News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

190

Length of issue (in feet)

520

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. On The Move: Auto Tracker
• 2. On The Move: Two Stage Drill
• 3. On The Move: Limb Plotter
• 4. On The Move: Computer Check

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Achieving a greater standard of accuracy in analysing objects in motion is a big problem for scientists. This week we look at various new solutions to the problem of pinpointing moving objects. By reducing shapes to outline, silhouettes are a simple way of distinguishing differences between objects. A new machine linked to a computer can now use the comparison of silhouettes in the vital task of checking precision parts in engineering, while they move along the production line.

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Engineering; Computers and computing; Design

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/190

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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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