News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

208

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

518

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Conserving Energy: Microdot
• 2. Conserving Energy: Secret Straw
• 3. Conserving Energy: Radio Yarn
• 4. Conserving Energy: Safe Deslag

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: The world’s cars are burning up fossil fuels at a suicidal rate. Electric cars would be much more economical. However, electric cars need numerous heavy batteries which demand regular recharging and limit the car’s range. A British engineer has come up with a possible solution: a car driven by batteries which are charged whilst on the move using a minute petrol engine.

Keywords

Science and technology; Motor vehicles; Road transport; Engineering; Fuels; Energy resources; Design

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/208

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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