News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

235

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Take It With You: The Communications Case
• 2. Take It With You: Revolutionary Lathe
• 3. Take It With You: Diabetic Monitor

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Inflatable tents, miniaturised microwave ovens, tiny television sets: it’s possible to pack into a car everything the bon viveur could possibly need for a weekend. But portability not only has far reaching effects on our everyday lives - it’s also bringing about major changes in commerce, industry and medicine... Sue Saunders is a diabetic. And she’s pregnant. So her blood, with its variable sugar content, is the food supply for her unborn baby. Should the sugar content vary a lot, the baby will be at risk. But Sue is one of the first to have the peace of mind afforded by a portable blood monitor. With it, throughout her pregnancy, she’s monitored the exact sugar level in her blood. By keeping the level constant she knows that her baby will be developing normally - right up to the 39th week and the moment of birth.

Researcher Comments

Story also appears in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 306’

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/235

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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