Noise

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

122

Date Released

1973

Length of issue (in feet)

511

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Peripheral Vision
2. 2Noise
3. 3Vibration Studies

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: A modern Lilliput has been built at Britain’s National Physical Laboratory for experiments into environmental noise. The results of these experiments on miniature houses in the laboratory are helping architects to bring an unearthly hush to the big wide world outside.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Science and technology; Pollution

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/122

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Peter Greenaway

Editor

Peter Greenaway

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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