Total Mobility Tyre

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

107

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Windak Limpet
2. 2Daunomycin
3. 3Total Mobility Tyre
4. 4Fabric Crayon Dyes

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Dangers from high-speed blow-outs are minimised with a new tyre which allows drivers to keep control of their cars even after a blow-out at high speeds, and the tyre can be driven on for up to 100 miles at 50 mph after the blow-out.

Keywords

Science and technology; Safety devices; Motor vehicles; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/107

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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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