Building Research

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

124

Date Released

13 May 1957

Date recorded

12 Apr 1957

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1English Jewellery
2. 2Hearing Aids
3. 3Building Research

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

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, and where they wear out new linoleum in a few days. But all this is done with a purpose, for this is the government Building Research Station where a team of highly skilled back-room boys make exhaustive tests into the many highly interesting problems connected with building methods and building materials.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology

Locations

England; Hertfordshire; Garston

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

311

Story extras:

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