Scientific Dreamers: Star Umbrella

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

222

Date Released

1978

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Scientific Dreamers: Five Wheel Truck
2. 2Scientific Dreamers: Star Umbrella
3. 3Scientific Dreamers: Head Prints
4. 4Scientific Dreamers: Walking On Water

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A look at some problems which have defied solution over the years; at the men who were determined to overcome them; and at the ideas which finally supplied the answers. How can you help a small boy - or any fledgling astronomer - sort out the bewildering confusion of the night sky? A transparent umbrella, with the star positions fixed by computer, provides the perfect answer - and useful shelter should the stars shed a few tears.

Keywords

Science and technology; Space; Inventions and discoveries; Design

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/222

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

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