Seeing The Invisible: Hot Spot Cables
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Novel forms of photography that are making our society safer, is the theme of this week’s programme. Infra-red cameras, activated by heat rather than light. Image intensifiers that can boost low light levels, allowing us to see defects that were once invisible. A way of revealing unexpected dangers in the jet engine; in high voltage power cables and providing an instant check after heart surgery. High voltage power lines emanate heat. Heat which can destroy the electrical insulation of the line. Blackouts and powercuts, affecting the safety of large sections of the community would follow. But now, an infra-red camera is used to scan these lines and detect potential danger areas before they become a hazard.
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Safety devices; Photography; Engineering; Energy resources
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/256
- Credits:
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- 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)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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- 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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