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  1. Automated Draughting Equipment

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    56
    NoS ID
    351064
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Automation takes a lot of tedium and guesswork out of draughtsmanship - some machines even draw away quite happily on their own.

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  2. Miss Honeywell

    Date released
    27 Jun 1968
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    705
    NoS ID
    122015
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: ... automation. Miss Honeywell, presented across three continents as a "life-like girl robot" by the world’s leading computer firm, puts on an act that pulls in the crowds. But is she...

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  3. GPO Mechanisation

    Date released
    Jan 1967
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    22
    NoS ID
    324687
    Story no
    2 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Visits one of Britain’s newest post offices where the thousands of letters and packets posted every day are sorted by automation.

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  4. Rose Petal Cigarettes

    Date released
    2 Feb 1959
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    214
    NoS ID
    120677
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: A visit to a factory in East London to see what is new in the world of cigarette manufacture. Even in this age of automation cigarettes are rolled by hand - at a staggering speed. A new...

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  5. Let Go Forrard

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    London Line (Colour series 2)
    Issue no
    73
    NoS ID
    350370
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: ... and hundreds of feet of anchor chain roar into the sea. They still roar for the new 250,000 ton tankers, and London Line finds that the chains must still be made partly by hand, surprising...

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  6. GPO Mechanisation

    Date released
    Nov 1966
    Series name
    Parade
    Issue no
    38
    NoS ID
    327287
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Automation of parcels and letter sorting in some of London’s newest post offices.

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  7. Motorway Machines

    Date released
    21 Jan 1965
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    526
    NoS ID
    121604
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: ...of the M1 to see the weird, space-age machines that are extending it by the length of a cricket-pitch every two hours. The great, ever-lengthening ribbon of high-speed motorway devours...

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  8. Duke Visits Colliery

    Date released
    16 Jul 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/57
    NoS ID
    112672
    Story no
    2 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    From the oil rig to Britain’s most modern coal mine. Again the Prince wanted to see the latest methods in producing raw fuel. Here, like the sea rig, automation is widely used.

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  9. Emett’s Ideal Home

    Date released
    25 Feb 1957
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    113
    NoS ID
    120348
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Rowland Emett, another artist with a genius for transforming things, turns his attention to automation in the home. In the Emett household labour saving is carried to its logical conclusion:...

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  10. Study in Steel (1968 Video)

    Director
    Alan Pendry
    Producer
    James Carr
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan (2005), Videocassette. VHS. col. 27 min.

    Describes the latest production methods in steelmaking together with the basic chemical changes which take place in the transition from iron ore to steel. Shows special steels and the use of automation for...

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