News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

197

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Wheels: Safe Wheel
• 2. Wheels: Rotoboard
• 3. Wheels: Beet Topper
• 4. Wheels: Tomoscanner

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A wheel puncture at high speed can be fatal. The problem is that a punctured tyre can come off the rim. Now a very simple addition to any wheel prevents that. A light plastic hoop slotted under the tyre after fitting stops the punctured tyre slipping off - and the driver can come to a safe controlled stop.

Keywords

Vehicles; Science and technology; Safety devices; Motor vehicles; Engineering

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/197

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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