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Thunderbird Fashions Are Go

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
23
Length of issue (in feet)
472
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Thunderbird Fashions Are Go
  2. 2Skin Bank
  3. 3Radiation Detector
  4. 4A Steel Wig?
  5. 5It’s "Happening" In Steel

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
COI synopsis: Despairing of the fashion world ever catching up with the space age - the film team responsible for creating the highly successful science fiction puppet characters ‘Thunderbirds’ and ‘Lady Penelope’ have decided to go into production with the sleek futuristic clothes featured in their new TV film series ‘Unidentified Flying Object’.
Researcher Comments
Includes an interview with Sylvia Anderson
Keywords
Science and technology; Fashion and costume; Television; Design
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/23
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Howard Williams
Presenter
Ian Morrison
Presenter
Marion Foster

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
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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