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  1. Foam Splints

    Date released
    1972
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    102
    NoS ID
    325452
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Two colourless liquids - pre-polymers - are the secret of a new emergency splint technique for broken limbs. Mix the liquids together, and within two minutes they have bubbled and foamed into a...

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  2. Lighthouse Lens

    Date released
    1968
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    33
    NoS ID
    350230
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: To replace heavy and costly glass lenses for lighthouses. British scientists have come up with the featherweight all-plastic lighthouse lens - computer designed. Michael Smee keeps the light...

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  3. Walking On Water

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    81
    NoS ID
    351199
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: In appearance a grotesque sea-monster invading the land, this inflated plastic tube, part of an environmental experiment by a London artist, is potentially a practical way of transporting cargo...

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  4. Export Packing

    Date released
    Jun 1971
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    48
    NoS ID
    324814
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: Strong, individually tailored plastic containers, which provide weather protection for goods during transit and storage.

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  5. Lasers

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    244
    NoS ID
    326002
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Twenty years ago, scientists invented a new sort of light - laser light. Now, as its breathtaking potential for visual entertainment is being realised, the laser is rapidly establishing itself...

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  6. 'Alkathene’ Balloon

    Date released
    1952
    Series name
    Panorama
    Issue no
    4
    NoS ID
    349919
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: how Alkathene film, a modern ICI plastic material, is used for packaging tiny instrument components

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  7. Inflatables Art Gallery Fun Palace

    Date released
    Apr 1972
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    53
    NoS ID
    324843
    Story no
    5 / 5

    COI synopsis: Inflatable plastic "fun palaces".

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  8. Clothing For The Future

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    351994
    Story no
    5 / 5

    COI synopsis: Some clothes are part of our traditions, like a white wedding dress but will even that be made of plastic?

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  9. Plastic Window Eyes

    Date released
    1972
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    109
    NoS ID
    325479
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: The eye and the camera have many similarities, but a damaged eye is much more difficult to repair. An eye surgeon has now developed a technique to repair damage at the front of the eye with a...

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  10. Plastics Exhibition

    Date released
    1967
    Series name
    Calendar
    Issue no
    211
    NoS ID
    324087
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: A exhibition on new forms of plastic and an example of their application with the production of Clearex boats

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