Wood Research

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

587

Date Released

24 Mar 1966

Date recorded

18 Feb 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

706

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Electric Fishing
2. 2Wood Research
3. 3Kendo

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: A reference library without a single book. That’s our introduction to the Forest Products Research Laboratory in Buckinghamshire where they conduct a wide range of experiments affecting timber. Did you know that thick blocks of wood can be steamed and bent into horseshoe shapes and that matchsticks and pit props undergo similar strength tests? And if you want to know the dangers of the death-watch beetle or the breaking strain of your roof rafters then just watch this fascinating story.

Keywords

Science and technology

Locations

Aylesbury; England; Buckinghamshire

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

297

Story extras:

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