Twentieth Century Cave: Synthetic Plaster

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

162

Date Released

1975

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

COI synopsis: To many people the twentieth century city is a place becoming bleak in its uniformity. In this issue we look at some of the latest ideas for putting individuality back into building, and giving our cities a new and different shape. A flexible, waterproof, wall plaster which just won’t crack - and, most surprising, you just spray it on. Now a week’s plastering is finished in ten minutes - and the new material has some interesting applications...

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/162

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: James Hubbard

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