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Sir Thomas Lipton Boat

Date released

1968

Series name

Calendar

Issue no

251

NoS ID

324173

Story no

7 / 7

COI synopsis: Favourite for this year’s single-handed trans-Atlantic race has computer-aided navigation - and a plastic foam hull.

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Pyrene Fire Chopper

Date released

1968

Series name

Calendar

Issue no

271

NoS ID

324212

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: A helicoptor equipped with a Pyrene ‘lightwater’ foam container and operated by just two operators, reaches a fire rapily and easily and gets things under control until the arrival of the...

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Usa. A City in Danger

Date released

20 Feb 1928

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

860-2

NoS ID

131839

Story no

8 / 8

[SUBTITLE]: "Business area of Fall River, Massachusetts, swept by 15 million dollar conflagration." Medium long shot of burning buildings at night. Other buildings on fire, part of one building collapses....

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Polish Fire Brigade

Date released

10 Jul 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2249

NoS ID

029462

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Polish Fire Brigade. DESCRIPTION: Polish Fire Brigade at Krakow in Poland gave a polished display of fire fighting and the modern methods used. SHOTLIST: SV firemen sliding down poles...

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From Slag Heaps to Dream Cities?

Date released

17 Dec 1942

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/12; Paramount Issue No.: 1231

NoS ID

156597

Story no

1 / 2

Speeding up war production by machine. Robot labour in the Midlands digs up earth for quarrying operations. Steel, coke and slag production. Slag in particular is seen to have many new uses: slag in furnace,...

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Bibby Pack

Date released

Jun 1970

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

97

NoS ID

327983

Story no

4 / 5

COI synopsis: The new packaging formula for awkward and diverse shaped goods - a low-density semi-rigid polyurethane foam.

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Flamebar

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

43

NoS ID

350258

Story no

4 / 4

COI synopsis: Michael Smee plays a blow torch on his hand... and doesn’t even notice it! A studio demonstration of a foam which provides an effective localised barrier against heat and burning.

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Scoobeedoo

Date released

Jun 1971

Series name

Parade

Issue no

91

NoS ID

352726

Story no

3 / 5

COI synopsis: The Scoobee-doo, a new boat made of expanded polystyrene foam, which can carry people with maximum safety.

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Budgies Beauty Parlour

Date released

1 Sep 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

192

NoS ID

120606

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: The old cry of "Pretty Polly" could well be the motto of Captain Bill Moody, of Slough, Bucks, who runs a beauty parlour for birds. A foam shampoo, a pedicure and a beak trim are obviously...

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Scoobeedoo

Date released

Nov 1970

Series name

Roundabout

Issue no

102

NoS ID

328010

Story no

6 / 6

COI synopsis: A newly designed boat called the Scoobee-Doo, which is made of expanded polystyrene foam, built to hold six people with maximum safety.

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