News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

120

Length of issue (in feet)

470

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Survival Bag
• 2. Phantom Footprints
• 3. Sailing Simulator

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Even a burglar who takes all the time-honoured precautions against detection may find that he’s put his foot in it... literally. Plastic granules can reveal in some detail where shoes have trod, since they adhere to the electrostatic charges set up when someone is on the carpet. Not only does the pattern on the sole of the shoe show up, but detectives may soon find themsleves looking for a pair of fallen arches.

Keywords

Science and technology; Crime

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/120

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Fred Goodland

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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