Ship Research

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

680

Date Released

4 Jan 1968

Date recorded

5 Dec 1967

Length of issue (in feet)

675

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Caraboat
2. 2Mini-Submarine
3. 3Ship Research

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: At the Ship Division of the National Physical Laboratory they have their own programme of marine research. Messing about with radio-controlled boats, wave-making machines, wax moulded trawlers and a thirteen hundred feet towing tank is the science of hydrodynamics. At Feltham, Middlesex they’re working on all the possibilities of making the best ship shapes.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Science and technology

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

289

Story extras:

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