Burning Tyre Furnace
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Tyres are made to be tough, and it’s a tough job trying to get rid of them when their useful life has ended. A furnace with a tornado for a heart incinerates the tyres cleanly, and its inflated heat output provides energy for industry.
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/140
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Presenter
- Chris Rainbow
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Editor
- Peter Greenaway
- Cutter
- Peter Greenaway
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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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
'Burning Tyre Furnace', Tomorrow Today Issue No. 140, 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329636 (Accessed 15 May 2025)