A Scrap of Difference
Series
- Series Name
- Ingot Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- BFI Summary - An old car transformed into a refrigerator.
NFA synopsis: A scrap metal dealer buys an old car (possibly an Austin), which he strips down and sends the body off to the breakers yard. There are shots of scrap being cut up and compressed. The film then follows the use of scrap at steelworks, with shots of steel sheet manufacture. The ultimate goods produced from this scrap metal are then shown, including fridges and cookers in the showroom, with a young couple buying a fridge. - Local distribution only
- Scrap Metal Version
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Motor vehicles
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Director
- Geoff Busby
- Producer
- John O’Neill
- Sponsor
- Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group
- Production Co.
- Verity Films Ltd.
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
- 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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How to cite this record
'A Scrap of Difference', Ingot Pictorial Issue No. 33, 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/349503 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)