News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

114

Length of issue (in feet)

518

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Hypothermia
• 2. Spraying
• 3. Fillcheck
• 4. Midges Measure Muck

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: If we are exposed to cold for a long time without proper protection our body temperature can drop dangerously low, and we are said to be suffering from hypothermia. A Scottish doctor has designed a lightweight survival kit designed to raise the body temperature in emergency situations.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Emergency services; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/114

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).

Series held

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