Yesterday, Today - And Tomorrow: Pole With The Hole

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

240

Date Released

1979

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: The last decade has seen a man on the moon and the birth of a test tube baby. Yet for a century or more much of our everyday lives and the way we do things has remained remarkably unchanged. It’s just the occasional leap of imagination that can suddenly transform the conventional way of doing things; overnight turning established technology into outdated tradition. A new hollow steel telegraph pole allows overhead wires to be connected from ground level, and makes the traditional and dangerous business of climbing and rigging wooden poles part of yesterday’s technology.

Keywords

Communications; Science and technology; Engineering; Design

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/240

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Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter: Laurence Williamson

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