Results: Stories
1,004 results found for '"Safety devices"' in Keyword.
Sound Speed
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 121
- NoS ID
- 325519
- Story no
- 2 / 3
COI synopsis: The car radio makes a good travelling companion... for most of the time. But if you have been travelling fast along the motorway with the volume turned well up the loudness of the radio could...
Groovey Machine
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 121
- NoS ID
- 325520
- Story no
- 3 / 3
COI synopsis: Aquaplaning can be a hazard of high speed driving on wet concrete surfaced roads. Grooves cut in the concrete’s surface make the surface safe, but tend to cause a high pitched whine from the...
Coping With Complexity: Verisign
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 151
- NoS ID
- 325631
- Story no
- 3 / 5
COI synopsis: This issue looks at a few new ways of managing the increasingly complex problems of modern life. Computer simulations, for instance, show how to cope with the complexity of planning a modern...
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...
Early Warning Alarms: Bleeding Bolts
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 236
- NoS ID
- 325981
- Story no
- 3 / 3
COI synopsis: Prevention is better than cure... a simple early warning system can mean that trouble - or even disaster - can be averted. Throughout industry metal fatigue can cause sudden, unexpected failure...
The Needle In The Haystack: Fire Alarm
- Series name
- Living Tomorrow
- Issue no
- 237
- NoS ID
- 325983
- Story no
- 2 / 3
COI synopsis: When that first country maid lost the very first needle in the haystack on which she was sitting, neither she - nor the gallant country lad who rushed to her assistance - realised how difficult...
Safety On The Roads
- Series name
- London Line
- Issue no
- 481
- NoS ID
- 326770
- Story no
- 1 / 1
Safety
- Series name
- London Line
- Issue no
- 482
- NoS ID
- 326771
- Story no
- 1 / 1
Cars Put To The Test
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 14
- NoS ID
- 326940
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: Tests and trials for British cars are a vital stage in their manufacture, and the film shows some of the exhaustive tests which standard models must undergo. International rallies and races...
Railock
- Series name
- Tomorrow Today
- Issue no
- 68
- NoS ID
- 329446
- Story no
- 1 / 3
COI synopsis: If you’re high up on the job and you drop off, this device in a safety rope tears itself apart rather than you.