Learning on ScreenMaking Television Cathode Ray Tubes
Series
- Series Name
- Carrousel Britanico
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Back in Britain, ‘Carrousel Britanico’ goes to a modern factory where television cathode ray tubes are made. These form the main part of television sets, the part which transforms the impulses from the television station into a picture. Production here is on a large scale - there are almost three kilometres of overhead conveyor belts, a furnace capable of delivering well over 120,000 kilogrammes of molten glass a day, and sixteen completely automatic welding machines. Countless checks ensure that the tube is faultless and constant research has produced tubes of great strength and long life.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: Recut footage from this story appeared in ‘Roundabout No. 57’
- Keywords
- Industry and manufacture; Television
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1168/12
- Credits:
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- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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