Wheels: Tomoscanner

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
197
Date Released
1977
Length of issue (in feet)
522
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: A rotating camera which can now, in combination with the use of radioactive chemicals, scan the human body to produce pictures not only of the body structure but the actual working of the internal organs.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Science and technology; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries
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).
Series held
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How to cite this record

'Wheels: Tomoscanner', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 197, 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325841 (Accessed 20 Jun 2025)