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  1. Karate Cook

    Date released
    17 Mar 1968
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    68/23
    NoS ID
    113006
    Story no
    4 / 7
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    People have strange hobbies. An Army cook readily swaps cracking eggs for smashing piles of tiles - with his head. Likewise another gent casually places a paving stone on his head while a friend smashes it -...

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  2. Pterodactyls

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    35
    NoS ID
    350940
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: How similar is the glider to the pterodactyl? With the aid of a computer and fossilised remains, analysis proves once again that nature had all the answers before man knew the questions.

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  3. 200,000th Mini Exported

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    Date released
    Jun 1969
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    85
    NoS ID
    327921
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: David Hart, B.M.C. worker on the Mini at Longbridge, who won a ballot which took him to Hong Kong to present the keys of the firm’s 200,000th export car to its owner.

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  4. New Hope For Kidney Patients

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    25
    NoS ID
    350877
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Every year 7,000 people die from kidney failure. For the lucky ones, survival means a kidney machine for 70 hours a week. Now new techniques in disposable dialysers are reducing the risks of...

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  5. Flying Birds

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    35
    NoS ID
    329412
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Leonardo da Vinci created something very similar to this, but even he could not envisage all the modern technical developments that go with this little bird.

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  6. Dynair

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    35
    NoS ID
    350938
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Our motoring correspondent, Gordon Wilkins, takes a look at the first thermostatically controlled air-driven radiator cooling fan to be fitted to commercial vehicles. Because it only operates...

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  7. Scooter Ski

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    29
    NoS ID
    325354
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: All the thrills - without the spills - of water skiing are yours for the taking with the Scooter Ski. Self-powered - there’s no need for expensive motor boats - the Scooter Ski is virtually...

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  8. Timelessness

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    27
    NoS ID
    325352
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Journeys that took our ancestors many months to accomplish can now be made in hours. You don’t have to be an astronaut to play havoc with the time zones of the earth. How dangerous is the...

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  9. Animal Foods

    Date released
    Apr 1969
    Series name
    Parade
    Issue no
    67
    NoS ID
    352637
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: The research and experimental farm in Cheshire run by a firm specialising in animal foodstuffs.

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  10. Miniman

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    32
    NoS ID
    350921
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Taking the drudge out of repetitive factory jobs - Miniman is a robot workman making new use of the science of fluidics.

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