High Voltage Safety Suit

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1969

Filmed

Sep 1969

Length of issue (in feet)

475

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A quarter of a million volts flows through this suit; leaving the linesman unharmed - free to work on the H.T. distribution cables keeping the supply through to the communities dependant upon it.

Keywords

Science and technology; Safety devices; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/12

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sound: Chris Wilden
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Producer: Janice Willett / Kay
Director: Janice Willett / Kay
Support services: Janice Willett / Kay
Presenter: Marion Foster
Director: Terry Wheeler
Cutter: William Hammerton

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