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Asbestos Mintex Car Brakes

Date released

Sep 1969

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

88

NoS ID

327936

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: The preparation of mineral asbestos in combination with other ingredients for manufacture of moulded vehicle brake-linings.

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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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1 film clip

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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Robin Cook on pit closures (1993)

Genre

Interview

Political reporter Peter Murphy interviews shadow Trade Secretary Robin Cook on the vote approving Michael Heseltine’s White Paper on the future of the coal industry which plans to keep 12 of 31 pits...

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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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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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200,000th Mini Exported

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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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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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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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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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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