Learning on ScreenEarth Resources Rocket
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Britain’s ‘Blue Streak’ rocket has been adapted for high altitude photographic survey work. It’s a unique system that can reach nearly the altitude and coverage of a satellite, yet which can all be parachuted safely back to Earth, and produce pictures with the clarity of low altitude photography. Developed as a result of close collaboration between government bodies and the British Aircraft Corporation, it’s been used by scientists at Reading University to evaluate the use of earth resources over large areas.
- Keywords
- Aircraft; Science and technology; Space; Photography
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/117
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Cutter
- Peter Day
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- 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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