Results: Stories
212 results found for '"COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]"' in Footage or Written Source.
Conducting Concrete
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 218
- NoS ID
- 325919
- Story no
- 1 / 4
COI synopsis: Roads, runways, pavements, houses: the most common material for their construction is concrete. But now, there’s concrete with a difference; concrete with carbon granules, a by-product of oil...
Mouse Detector
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 218
- NoS ID
- 325920
- Story no
- 2 / 4
COI synopsis: Mice, those nocturnal marauders, cause thousands of pounds worth of damage in industry every year. So researchers at a British university have made a study of mice behavioural patterns that has...
No-Needle Knitting
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 218
- NoS ID
- 325921
- Story no
- 3 / 4
COI synopsis: Sweaters knitted from feathers and pineapple stalks are on the way. A new kind of knitting machine can knit a much wider range of fibres than conventional machines. The new knitting machine has...
Clearscan
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 218
- NoS ID
- 325922
- Story no
- 4 / 4
COI synopsis: On busy waterways like the English Channel, radar is an essential navigational aid. Yet during bad weather radar pictures can become confused by echoes picked up from the tops of waves or off...
Accurate Measurement: Hot Water Plug
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 234
- NoS ID
- 325971
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: Science can frequently be startling and dramatic. But that drama is often the result of the painstaking gathering of detailed information. This programme explores how really accurate...
Accurate Measurement: Metal Tester
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 234
- NoS ID
- 325972
- Story no
- 2 / 3
COI synopsis: Science can frequently be startling and dramatic. But that drama is often the result of the painstaking gathering of detailed information. This programme explores how really accurate...
Accurate Measurement: Nose Monitor
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 234
- NoS ID
- 325973
- Story no
- 3 / 3
COI synopsis: Science can frequently be startling and dramatic. But that drama is often the result of the painstaking gathering of detailed information. This programme explores how really accurate...
Take It With You: The Communications Case
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 235
- NoS ID
- 325975
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: Inflatable tents, miniaturised microwave ovens, tiny television sets: it’s possible to pack into a car everything the bon viveur could possibly need for a weekend. But portability not only...
Take It With You: Revolutionary Lathe
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 235
- NoS ID
- 325976
- Story no
- 2 / 3
COI synopsis: Inflatable tents, miniaturised microwave ovens, tiny television sets: it’s possible to pack into a car everything the bon viveur could possibly need for a weekend. But portability not only...
Take It With You: Diabetic Monitor
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 235
- NoS ID
- 325977
- Story no
- 3 / 3
COI synopsis: Inflatable tents, miniaturised microwave ovens, tiny television sets: it’s possible to pack into a car everything the bon viveur could possibly need for a weekend. But portability not only...