Wasted Energy: Free Wheeling

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

183

Date Released

1976

Length of issue (in feet)

521

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wasted Energy: Free Wheeling
2. 2Wasted Energy: Fish-O-Meter
3. 3Wasted Energy: Multiple Moulds
4. 4Wasted Energy: Vertical Windmill

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A concerted attack on wasted energy - in four very different fields... Heavy lorries need a lot of tyres on the road. But when they’re lightly loaded, extra tyres are just an extra drag. A new suspension allows a few of those tyres to be lifted up for the journey home - and can save up to four percent in the lorry’s fuel consumption.

Keywords

Science and technology; Motor vehicles; Road transport; Engineering; Design

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/183

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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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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