Tough Whiskers
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Grown in the heart of a nuclear reactor, the silicon carbide whisker is one of the strongest things in existence today. Able to stand pressures of three million pounds per square inch - scientists predict a bright future for this new wonder material.
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Engineering; Nuclear energy
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/9
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
- Cutter
- Peter Greenaway
- Editor
- Peter Greenaway
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- 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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