Sounds of Doom

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

78

Length of issue (in feet)

443

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sounds of Doom
2. 2Curiosity In Young Children
3. 3Protein Electrophoresis

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: A suspension bridge buckling and twisting till it collapses demonstrates one of the more spectacularly catastrophic results of stress in metals... but more frequently the effects of stress materialize not as a bang but as a series of ultrasonic whimpers. Equipment developed in Cambridge detects these ultrasonic noises, giving an early warning of metal fatigue.

Keywords

Communications; Science and technology; Accidents and disasters; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/78

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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).

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