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  1. Fire in Havana

    Date released
    6 Feb 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1496A
    NoS ID
    022198
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil Fire. DESCRIPTION: An oil fire, in the middle of 14 storage tanks holding petrol and high octane gas, in Havana’s biggest refinery. In the balance were 30 million dollars worth of...

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  2. Oil from the Sahara

    Date released
    20 Jan 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1494
    NoS ID
    022156
    Story no
    5 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Oil From the Sahara. DESCRIPTION: Oil from the waste land of the desert, the first of the oil from the Hassi-Messaoud Wells (about five-hundred miles south of the Algerian port of...

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  3. Early Detection: Drunken Apples

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    202
    NoS ID
    325863
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: Oxygen levels are crucial for keeping apples fresh in storage; if these levels are too low, the apples begin to ferment, giving off alcoholic fumes before becoming tasteless and rotton. But now...

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  4. Non-Violent Agriculture: Solid Straw

    Date released
    1975
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    165
    NoS ID
    325699
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: A few unusual approaches to stepping up efficiency in agriculture. Every year, the equivalent of millions of tons of fuel is burned off to rid the fields of straw. And the major reason is that...

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  5. Kew Seeds

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1077
    NoS ID
    329318
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Kew Gardens has a side beyond its international repute for beauty - its seed bank contains examples of every seed grown, which are supplied to medical, scientific and agricultural centres...

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  6. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Port Darwin

    Date released
    27 Jul 1942
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    686
    NoS ID
    012371
    Story no
    6 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japs Raid Port Darwin. DESCRIPTION: Twenty-seven Japanese bombers raid the North Australian port of Darwin. SHOTLIST: Enemy planes, 27 in all fling a rain of high explosives. Oil...

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  7. Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Spider-Webs Cover Surplus Guns

    Date released
    28 Mar 1946
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    877A
    NoS ID
    013794
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spiders Webs Cover Surplus Guns. DESCRIPTION: In America they are covering surplus guns with a spray plastic to protect them from the elements. SHOTLIST: KS Spraying plastic onto gun....

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  8. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Lancasters Plaster V1 Platforms

    Date released
    17 Aug 1944
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    793A
    NoS ID
    013191
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lancasters Plaster V1 Platforms. DESCRIPTION: Big fleets of Lancasters and Halifaxes have been attacking the V1 sites, helping to reduce the number of ‘flying bomb’ attacks....

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  9. Tomorrow’s Brew

    Date released
    19 May 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2085
    NoS ID
    027858
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tomorrow’s Brew. DESCRIPTION: About three quarters of the money we spend to quench our thirsts - sixteen hundred million pounds a year - goes on beer. One of our major brewers, who...

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  10. Fibre Glass

    Date released
    1972
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    394
    NoS ID
    350544
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: A large-scale commercial solution to the same problem. We see unwanted bottles processed in a factory to make fibre glass for industrial uses - in boilers, storage vessels, insulation,...

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