Meredith Thring
Series
- Series Name
- London Line (Colour series 2)
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Centipedes large and small invade the London Line studio - merely a pest problem you might think. But hotly pursued by bodiless legs and hands with three or seven fingers and you’re in the throes of a nightmare. The simple explanation is the robotic dream come true of Meredith Thring, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Queen Mary College, London University.
- Keywords
- Engineering; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- The National Archives INF 6 /1170
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1394/67
- Credits:
-
- Producer
- Adam Leys
- Editor
- Adam Leys
- Camera
- Alan Birkenshaw
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sound
- Chris Wilden
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Director
- Mark Lawton
- Presenter
- Michael Smee
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 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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How to cite this record
'Meredith Thring', London Line (Colour series 2) Issue No. 67, 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/326166 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)