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Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
886
Date Released
1976
Filmed
Nov 1975
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: The National Research Development Council and a look at some of the inventions they have backed.
Researcher Comments
According to the script, inventions featured include the Hovercraft, an automatic glass cutting machine invented by Colin Mayers, who is interviewed, and a thermographic sensor used for testing the freshness of fish
Keywords
Organisations; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries; Design
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
BUFVC Special Collections   TWIB Files
COI Reference
MI 936/886
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Presenter
Esmeralda Reyna
Camera
Fleet Street Films
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Support services
Jennifer Lucas
Presenter
Nadim Sawalha
Presenter
Penny Croucher
Director
Robert Malcolm
Producer
Sylvia Eley

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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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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