News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

76

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

499

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Underwater Metal Detector
• 2. Deaf Children
• 3. Floating Breakwater
• 4. Spinning Asbestos

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Unrecognised deafness in a child can cause emotional and educational problems. In a new diagnostic technique the electrical impulses of the brain are monitored, and from them the child’s hearing range is assessed.

Researcher Comments

Uses footage from a BBC ‘Tomorrow’s World’ programme

Keywords

Health and medicine; Children; Science and technology; Disabled persons

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/76

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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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