Eight Thousand Miles - In Circles

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1969

Length of issue (in feet)

474

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: This train journey lasts six months - and goes nowhere! Engineers travelling at 4 mph lay enough steel cable to stretch from England to South America - in a giant cotton reel right in the heart of Britain’s newest atomic power station.

Researcher Comments

Features the nuclear power station being built at Hartlepool

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Engineering; Nuclear energy

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/4

Credits:

Commentator: Alec Taylor
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Presenter: Marion Foster

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