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Polystyrene Art

Date released

30 Nov 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2165

NoS ID

028596

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Polystyrene Art. DESCRIPTION: Sculptures and design artists are discovering the excitement of working in a new medium. Expanded polystyrene can be cut, carved, dissolved, bonded and...

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Hardware Exhibition

Date released

1 Feb 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2174

NoS ID

028683

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hardware Exhibition. DESCRIPTION: A bit of everything including the kitchen sink at the Hardware Trades Fair at Olympia. One manufacturer doesn’t seem to give a tinker’s cuss about...

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Polystyrene

Date released

21 Jan 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

526

NoS ID

121605

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: ...like polystyrene, the new feather-weight material for sculpture and shop window displays. We see sculptors at work on this tough, granulated substance that expands to sixty times its...

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Scoobeedoo

Date released

Nov 1970

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

102

NoS ID

328010

Story no

6 / 6

COI synopsis: A newly designed boat called the Scoobee-Doo, which is made of expanded polystyrene foam, built to hold six people with maximum safety.

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Unsinkable Boat

Date released

16 Jun 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

599

NoS ID

121768

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: ...all at sea. So we go to sea, in the new, unsinkable boat built in fibreglass and polystyrene. We see someone pull the stop-cock out and a dozen people try to sink it. And we watch it, at...

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On the Water

Date released

7 Jul 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2092

NoS ID

027921

Story no

2 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skiing on Water. DESCRIPTION: Three spectacular ways of getting about on the water - a dinghy of polystyrene foam that floats even when it’s cut in half; a self-propelled water-ski...

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Emergency Housing

Date released

26 Sep 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2364A

NoS ID

030487

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Emergency Housing. DESCRIPTION: When disorder strikes, the plight of the homeless is a serious problem. Oxfam have found an answer, polystyrene houses that can be manufactured on the...

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Road Sense

Date released

25 Feb 1971

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2177A

NoS ID

028724

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Road Sense. DESCRIPTION: A round up of road sense. From Italy, proof that we’re not the only nation to suffer from motorway madness. When fog descends on the autostrades of Milan the...

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