Electro Egg

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

213

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Electro Egg
2. 2Braille Computer
3. 3Pointless Bricks
4. 4Paper Houses

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Tap a normal hen’s egg that little bit too hard and it will break. Tap a new transparent egg a little bit too hard and it lights up. It’s the latest electronic spy, developed in Britain, for use in egg sorting plants. It can be sent on lonely missions through the sorting machinery. The machinery normally has a velvet-like touch, but if faults should occur and it starts to deliver knocks sufficient to break egg-shells, the electronic egg lights up pinpointing the fault.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Birds; Animal husbandry; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/213

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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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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