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  1. Magic Dyes

    Date released
    2 Dec 1957
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    153
    NoS ID
    120479
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: At a time when fission and fusion explosions are commonplace, it is a pleasant change to meet Hungarian chemist Charles Bene, who has created a peaceful impact of his own. He has perfected a...

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  2. Metal Foam

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    71
    NoS ID
    351145
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Take a piece of plastic foam - electroplate it with copper, zinc even gold - burn off the plastic and you’re left with one of industries’ most exciting new materials, metal foam. Its...

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  3. High-Speed Camera

    Date released
    23 Jun 1963
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    443
    NoS ID
    121398
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: ... a scene from outer space. Suddenly we’ve taken a moment of time and stretched it out, at three thousand pictures a second, to show us what happens when materials are tested to breaking...

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  4. Making Things Last: Soft Environment

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    325757
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. An adventure playground that can’t be destroyed, because everything in it - walls, floors, structures - is soft. Even the most timid and...

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  5. Making Things Last: Heartfelt Beating

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    179
    NoS ID
    325759
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: New ways of preserving life, limb - and materials. After a heart attack, the heart may be in a weakened state. If a pacemaker is needed, it normally imposes its own rhythm on the heart, which...

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  6. Continuum

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    51
    NoS ID
    329428
    Story no
    1 / 2

    COI synopsis: Give three creative young men with a mutual interest in lighting and motion systems a free hand with modern materials like acrylic - and you have "Continuum" - a new art form for architecture,...

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  7. Building Research

    Date released
    13 May 1957
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    124
    NoS ID
    120384
    Story no
    3 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: Out in the Hertfordshire countryside we visit a place where they put up brick walls for the satisfaction of knocking them down again, where they deliberately expose paintwork to all weathers,...

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  8. Frost Proof Statues

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    168
    NoS ID
    325712
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: Marble statues often used to spend the winter wrapped in blankets to protect them from the frost. Now, under a huge plastic bag sealed round the statue, air is forced out of the stone by...

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  9. Britain’s Atomic Research

    Date released
    12 Apr 1954
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1297
    NoS ID
    019148
    Story no
    1 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s Atomic Research. DESCRIPTION: With factories established at Risley, Capenhurst, Springfield and Windscale, Britain’s atomic research is forging ahead. SHOTLIST: KS....

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  10. Metal Foam

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    71
    NoS ID
    351148
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Take a piece of plastic foam - electroplate it with copper, zinc even gold - burn off the plastic and you’re left with one of industries’ most exciting new materials, metal foam. Its...

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