The Needle In The Haystack: Pressure Maps
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: When that first country maid lost the very first needle in the haystack on which she was sitting, neither she - nor the gallant country lad who rushed to her assistance - realised how difficult would be the task of finding it. Only slowly did they appreciate the enormity of the task before them... Today, the tracing of technological needles in the haystack is one of the major concerns of science. The human body can conceal its problems in a confusion of symptoms. A pain in the foot, for instance, may have its origin in a bad back. A powerful new medical tool - a box of optical magic - is helping to pinpoint concealed problems by mapping out the pressure points of the human foot. Needles in the haystack, traced through images which look more like abstract art.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Science and technology; Engineering; Design
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/237
- Credits:
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- Cutter
- Allen Bowry
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Ian Lake
- Cutter
- Laurence Williamson
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- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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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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How to cite this record
'The Needle In The Haystack: Pressure Maps', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 237. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325984 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)