Meet The Fibre Of The Future - Carbon Fibres

Series

Series Name: London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1968

Filmed

Mar 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: ...and to London Line straight from the laboratory and off the technological top-secret lists - comes a totally new material which may alter the shape of our World within a decade. It’s twice as strong as steel but with only one fifth of the weight. Meet the fibre of the future - carbon fibres.

Researcher Comments

Includes interviews with the inventors Mr Watts and Mr Phillips.

Keywords

Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6 /1155
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1394/24

Credits:

Editor: Adam Leys
Producer: Adam Leys
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Commonwealth Affairs Office
Sponsor: Foreign Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Presenter: Michael Smee
Camera: Peter Theirry
Sound: Phil Jay
Director: Robert Morgan

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