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  1. Survival Bag

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    120
    NoS ID
    329564
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: A survival pack the size of a soap tablet, and weighing rather less. It’s a form of sleeping bag made of mylar, the plastic of space exploration and its reflective surface keeps the heat in...

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  2. Survival Bag

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    120
    NoS ID
    325516
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: A survival pack the size of a soap tablet, and weighing rather less. It’s a form of sleeping bag made of mylar, the plastic of space exploration and its reflective surface keeps the heat in...

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  3. Controlled Environments: Plastic Cloud

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    193
    NoS ID
    325827
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: An extraordinarily simple idea - an artificial cloud, in fact a large plastic bag suspended in the air - which might just be a step towards the control of climate. It provides shape for the...

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  4. Milk Round Gives Square Deal

    Date released
    7 Feb 1966
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1914
    NoS ID
    026318
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Milk Round Gives Square Deal. DESCRIPTION: A new way of delivering milk - a plastic bag, encased in a fibre board box is replacing the old fashioned milk churn. The new packs are...

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  5. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    13 Mar 1969
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    69/22
    NoS ID
    113493
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Cooped up inside a plastic bag for 24 hours - that was the chore for two guinea pig volunteers who were testing a new underwater life-support system.

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  6. Fish Farm

    Date released
    12 Dec 1976
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2480
    NoS ID
    030910
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fish Farm. DESCRIPTION: The produce from Mr Cheah Yam Meng’s Tropical Fish Farm are sent all over the world. The fish are bred in large tanks and transferred to oxygen filled...

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  7. Plastic Bags

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    62
    NoS ID
    351100
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Plastic bags really are useful and not just for holding things either. Place one around a swollen limb, blow the bag up and the swelling goes down!

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  8. Colour: Tropical Fish

    Date released
    3 Apr 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2235
    NoS ID
    029327
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tropical Fish - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: The biggest aquarium centre in Britain receives fish (strictly for show) by the plane load. The Waterlife Centre supplies all manner of marine...

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  9. The Changing Face of Christmas (B&W and Eastman Colour)

    Date released
    16 Dec 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1906A
    NoS ID
    026261
    Story no
    2 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Changing Face of Christmas (B&W - Colour). DESCRIPTION: More and more synthetic products especially plastics, are taking the place of the traditional fine products of Christmas time....

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  10. Controlled Environments: Air Bag Bandage

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    193
    NoS ID
    325824
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: A new concept in the treatment of injury - a flexible transparent plastic bandage. Doctors treating a wound can now monitor its progress at every stage and assist healing by controlling air...

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