Conserving Energy: Safe Deslag

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

208

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

518

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Conserving Energy: Microdot
2. 2Conserving Energy: Secret Straw
3. 3Conserving Energy: Radio Yarn
4. 4Conserving Energy: Safe Deslag

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: To save energy, molten metal is transported round huge foundries in a sort of metal thermos flask - a torpedo. The torpedo is lined with bricks, but after only 3 or 4 hours, this inner lining of bricks must be replaced. It was a most unpleasant and dangerous task, but now there’s a tiny robot that can crawl inside the torpedo, and do the job five times faster than previously.

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Engineering; Energy resources; Design

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/208

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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