Concrete Track

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

141

Date Released

1974

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Blind Calculation
2. 2Concrete Track
3. 3Yobbo-proof Windows
4. 4Solid Wave Drive
5. 5Roll Over ‘Copter

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: A concrete bed for railway tracks. Ordinary sleepers securing the rails tend to "walk" when trains pass over. The new technique builds a concrete road for the rails to sit on, unmoved by the crack express or the grumbling goods trains.

Keywords

Railways; Science and technology; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/141

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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).

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