Fibre Glass

Series

Series Name: London Line

Issue

Issue No.

394

Date Released

1972

Filmed

Apr 1972

Length of issue (in feet)

500

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A large-scale commercial solution to the same problem. We see unwanted bottles processed in a factory to make fibre glass for industrial uses - in boilers, storage vessels, insulation, air-conditioning or, as in our case, motor car silencers.

Keywords

Environment; Industry and manufacture; Motor vehicles

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1257/394

Credits:

Support services: Barbara Simon
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Support services: David Lytton
Director: Eric Beecroft
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Sound: Frank Jeffs
Presenter: Jumoke Debayo
Producer: Patrick Brawn

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