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Spinning Asbestos

Date released

1971

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

76

NoS ID

351179

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Firefighters can now be fire walkers, if they happen to be wearing suits of Fortex, a lightweight yarn spun from the fireproof mineral asbestos. A specially developed "dispersion processing"...

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Spinning Asbestos

Date released

1971

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

76

NoS ID

351175

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: Firefighters can now be fire walkers, if they happen to be wearing suits of Fortex, a lightweight yarn spun from the fireproof mineral asbestos. A specially developed "dispersion processing"...

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Twentieth Century Cave: Tensile Structures

Date released

1975

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

162

NoS ID

325690

Story no

5 / 6

COI synopsis: A building technique which relies on tension, not compression, to keep the structure standing. It means that in a complex series of sweeping curves the structure can take on virtually any shape.

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Britain In NATO

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

43

NoS ID

350257

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: An appraisal of Britain’s military capability at a time when she has just increased her commitment to NATO. James Mossman interviews Denis Healey, Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence.

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James Bond

Date released

1967

Series name

London Line

Issue no

143

NoS ID

326365

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Kew Gardens

Date released

1976

Series name

London Line

Issue no

513

NoS ID

326803

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: London Line cameras show how the scientific knowledge of Kew can work for the benefit of Africa and the world.

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Roll-On Road

Date released

1975

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

166

NoS ID

325705

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Too frequently, heavy-duty vehicles meet a boggy grave. But a new, flexible matting acts as a foundation for temporary roads on construction sites. And when you’ve finished, the road can...

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500th London Line

Date released

1975

Series name

London Line

Issue no

500

NoS ID

326789

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Some of the themes and stories covered in previous London Line programmes to date.

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Miniman

Date released

1970

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

32

NoS ID

350918

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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Callaghan Speech

Date released

1967

Series name

Calendar

Issue no

195

NoS ID

324051

Story no

3 / 8

NoS synopsis: James Callaghan gives a speech about Britain’s trading position to the Foreign Press Association at the Dorchester Hotel, London

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