News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

18

Date Released

1969

Length of issue (in feet)

454

Stories in this Issue:

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

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Forecast for the commuter of the future - driverless computer controlled taxis which travel on elevated tracks. Electrically driven by linear induction motors the vehicles would automatically route themselves according to the instructions on the passengers’ tickets.

Keywords

Vehicles; Science and technology; Engineering; Computers and computing

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

Cutter

Fred Goodland

Cutter

William Hammerton

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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).

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