Steam Curtain

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

466

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A curtain rising usually heralds the start of the show, but this steam curtain prevents it from ever taking place. Installed in oil refineries, it inhibits the spread of escaping flammable gas, making the devastating pyrotechnic displays of a refinery fire a thing of the past.

Keywords

Fires; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Explosions; Safety devices; Fuels

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/82

Credits:

Presenter: Bill Costello
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Joy Harrison

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