Fine Drilling

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

111

Length of issue (in feet)

455

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mirofix
2. 2Fine Drilling
3. 3Bottleglass Fibre
4. 4Sound Treatment For Hearts

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A machine to drill the very accurate holes needed for computer circuit boards. We exploited its acccuracy by programming it with a photograph. It produced for us the world’s first portrait composed largely of holes.

Keywords

Science and technology; Photography; Engineering; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/111

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

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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