The Omni-directional Tractor

Series

Series Name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.

26

Date Released

1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Budget
2. 2Austin America
3. 3The Omni-directional Tractor
4. 4The Mini-wurlitzer

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Howard Williams demonstrates a new kind of industrial magic - a multi-tracked tractor which can move in any direction at all, smoothly, and which is designed to carry out industrial precision cutting on sheet metal on a vast scale - and all by automation. You can set it loose on an acre of steel and return in half an hour to a perfectly cut work piece.

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Inventions and discoveries; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1394/26

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Commonwealth Affairs Office

Sponsor

Foreign Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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