News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

18

Date Released

1969

Length of issue (in feet)

465

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Colouring By Numbers
• 2. Auto-Taxis
• 3. Crop Sprayer For Budget Farming
• 4. Fire Fighting By TV
• 5. Silicone Rubber For Undersea Lungs

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: Already mice can be made to breathe underwater using artificial gills made of silicone rubber. This new material holds great promise for man in undersea exploration and advanced medical techniques.

Researcher Comments

Features Dr Nora Burns, part of a research team at Hammersmith Hospital. They had devised a technique for mass-producing silicon rubber membranes ten times thinner than human hair, which might be useful for extending the working periods of heart lung machines

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Swimming; Marine

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/18

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Address

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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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