Unnecessary Waste: Inflatable Solar Still

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

175

Date Released

1976

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Unnecessary Waste: Grid Pastures
2. 2Unnecessary Waste: Punch Bag Bollards
3. 3Unnecessary Waste: Eggsploration
4. 4Unnecessary Waste: Inflatable Solar Still

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Sometimes we waste the resources we have around us, simply because we go about things the wrong way. With so much water available at sea - it’s an incredible waste if shipwrecked survivors have to die of thirst. A new inflatable solar still lies folded in a tiny package till its blown up to float alongside the survival craft and uses the sun to distill continuous fresh water all the day.

Keywords

Science and technology; Sailing; Accidents and disasters; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/175

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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