Take It With You: The Communications Case

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

235

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Take It With You: The Communications Case
2. 2Take It With You: Revolutionary Lathe
3. 3Take It With You: Diabetic Monitor

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Inflatable tents, miniaturised microwave ovens, tiny television sets: it’s possible to pack into a car everything the bon viveur could possibly need for a weekend. But portability not only has far reaching effects on our everyday lives - it’s also bringing about major changes in commerce, industry and medicine... No bigger than a briefcase, a computerised teleprinter makes communication by ‘phone fast, accurate and simple. For racing correspondents rushing to be first to file their copy with the sports desk, it separates the winners from the losers.

Keywords

Communications; Science and technology; Newspapers; Engineering; Design

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/235

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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).

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