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Desk Top Planetarium

Series

Series Name
Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.
135
Date Released
1974
Length of issue (in feet)
494
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1No Steering Wheels
  2. 2Desk Top Planetarium
  3. 3Sterile Glasses
  4. 4Cell Pumps

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: A journey into space - the dream of many school children, who can plan their trip round the planets on this working model of the solar system. The model illuminates and illustrates many of the mysteries of astronomy.
Keywords
Education and training; Science and technology; Space; Toys and models; Design
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/135
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
William Woollard

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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