MIRA
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: How many people do you know who own a car? Well think of it world wide and you’ll understand why Maggie Palmer went to see the Motor Industry Research Association. Almost every road surface in the world is reproduced there and together with intricate electronic measuring devices road vehicles are tested to today’s very high international standards.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Motor vehicles; Road transport
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/927
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Presenter
- Maria Almendra
- Cutter
- Maurice Tarling
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
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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).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'MIRA', This Week In Britain Issue No. 927, 1976. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329168 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)