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Permagrip

Series

Series Name
Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.
96
Date Released
1972
Filmed
Jan 1972
Length of issue (in feet)
504
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Permagrip
  2. 2Ethylene
  3. 3Computer Operation
  4. 4Mechanical Onion Peeler

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: Combine a permanent magnet and an electromagnet so that one will counteract the other and you have a means of getting steel plates unstuck... where and when they’re intended...
Keywords
Science and technology; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/96
Credits:
Producer
Anthony Thomson
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Howard Williams
Presenter
Ian Morrison
Camera
Ian Nowell
Director
John Lyndon
Cutter
Peter Greenaway
Editor
Peter Greenaway

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).
Series held
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