Clearscan

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

218

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Conducting Concrete
2. 2Mouse Detector
3. 3No-Needle Knitting
4. 4Clearscan

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: On busy waterways like the English Channel, radar is an essential navigational aid. Yet during bad weather radar pictures can become confused by echoes picked up from the tops of waves or off raindrops. Now an electronic interrogator has been developed that cuts out the clutter - all incoming signals are inspected and only distinctive ship echoes are allowed through.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Communications; Science and technology; Engineering

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/218

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Maurice Tarling

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
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).

Series held

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