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Car Repairs

Series

Series Name
Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.
79
Date Released
1971
Length of issue (in feet)
491
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Car Repairs
  2. 2Split Bearing
  3. 3Golf Trainer
  4. 4Explosive Cladding

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: All too often after road accidents the vehicles involved are written-off. Faced with mounting costs the British Insurance Association have set up a research centre to rebuild these wrecks. Specialist techniques and equipment yield cheaper and safer repairs.
Keywords
Science and technology; Motor vehicles; Accidents and disasters; Engineering
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/79
Credits:
Presenter
Barry Haynes
Presenter
Bill Costello
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter
Fred Goodland
Cutter
William Hammerton

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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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).
Series held
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