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  1. Plastic Planes

    Date released
    15 Jul 1940
    Series name
    Pathetone Weekly
    Issue no
    537
    NoS ID
    124553
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Out in California they’re enjoying experimenting with a new plastic plane, and it’s claimed that the machines can be mass-produced in a fraction of the time.

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  2. Plastic House

    Date released
    30 Jul 1962
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    62/61
    NoS ID
    110281
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Modernistic dwelling with plastic outer covering is sensation with movie capital.

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  3. Inflation is the Answer

    Date released
    28 Oct 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1795
    NoS ID
    025303
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Inflation Is the Answer. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s at war against insects, or to be more exact, the Government department, which is helping developing countries to overcome their food...

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  4. A Plastic House

    Date released
    1970
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    42
    NoS ID
    325367
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: An almost entirely plastic house - roof, gutters, pipes, walls, doors - even the furniture and fittings are plastic.

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  5. The Other Man’s Job: Plastics Give Eyes to the Forces

    Date released
    22 May 1944
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/48; Paramount Issue No.: 1380
    NoS ID
    156712
    Story no
    2 / 2

    Plastic lenses are used for spectacles and binoculars - a quicker process than glass. Ex-servicemen learn to use the machines used in lense preparation. First comes the production of blanks, which are then...

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  6. Plastic Bricks

    Date released
    6 Aug 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/63
    NoS ID
    112706
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Plastic bricks. Not child-sized, but man-sized. Big enough to build a family home in one day, as demonstrated.

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  7. News in Colour: Plastic House

    Date released
    29 Dec 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2117
    NoS ID
    028131
    Story no
    4 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour - Plastic House. DESCRIPTION: No modern home is complete without the easy-to-clean, hard-wearing qualities of plastic. Two and a half tons of it were used in this house,...

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  8. Plastic Flowers

    Date released
    16 Feb 1959
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    216
    NoS ID
    120684
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: A revolutionary technique in making plastic flowers is the order of the day at the Golders Green studio of Mr Ronald Lane, who has perfected, after 3 years’ intensive research, a method of...

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  9. Export Eye Opener

    Date released
    27 Jan 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2069
    NoS ID
    027719
    Story no
    3 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Export Eye Opener. DESCRIPTION: The firm of Shakespeare’s at Leigh on Sea - in the Glass Eye business for over half a century - now export plastic artificial eyes all over the world....

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  10. Self Destroying Plastic

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    137
    NoS ID
    325573
    Story no
    2 / 3

    COI synopsis: To make waste plastics auto-destruct in five weeks you just add starch to the plastic in manufacture. Bacteria in the soil will break down the starch and break up the waste plastic.

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