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Burnt Out Security

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
215
Date Released
1977
Length of issue (in feet)
522
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Burnt Out Security
  2. 2Blackfly Foam
  3. 3Concrete Cliffs

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
COI synopsis: It’s the dead of night. It’s a high security area. Suddenly, out of the blackness, a car. Headlights are full on; it’s a crash attack. High above the happening, television cameras are scanning the scene. Is there one man or two? The picture in the security office is burnt out by the headlights. Nothing is clear. An ingenious electronic gate, developed in Britain, will clarify the situation. The glaring headlights become black spots, the action around those lights becomes crystal clear.
Keywords
Science and technology; Crime; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries; Television
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/215
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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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
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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