Source To Sea: Computer Rain
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 6
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Water. It rolls from sea to sky, sky to land, land to sea. We’re walking columns of the stuff; part of the same timeless cycle. This programme examines the cycle and the problems it presents for man. High on a hill, a radar dish searches for one thing - rain. The data it feeds back to a computer is colour-coded for light, medium and heavy rain. Now, at a glance, a weatherman can predict a storm two hours before it happens: can predict an emergency - and so save lives.
- Researcher Comments
- First shown in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 270’
- Keywords
- Weather; Communications; Science and technology; Computers and computing
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/301
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- R.I. Phillips
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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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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How to cite this record
'Source To Sea: Computer Rain', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 301. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/352414 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)