News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

69

Length of issue (in feet)

479

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Matchstick Vertiport
• 2. In Air Iceing
• 3. Pneumatic Hydrocraft
• 4. Line Overload Indicator

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Realistically arctic conditions at the touch of a switch - liquid nitrogen, steam, and water sprays in freezing air, are some of the techniques for producing man-made snowstorms for essential aerodynamic tests.

Researcher Comments

Used in wind tunnels for testing how and where ice builds up on an aircraft. Uses footage from a BBC ‘Tomorrow’s World’ programme

Keywords

Aircraft; Science and technology; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/69

Credits:

Presenter

Bill Costello

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Marion Foster

Cutter

Mike Willcox

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

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

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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