Sails Under The Microscope

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1969

Filmed

Oct 1969

Length of issue (in feet)

475

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: What happens to a sail as it stretches under the force of the wind? Researchers - using special techniques normally used for preparing maps from aerial photographs - are hoping to answer questions like this in their efforts to make sailing faster and safer.

Researcher Comments

Involves 3-D photographs taken at intervals with two stereo cameras, which are viewed through a special binocular microscope

Keywords

Science and technology; Sailing; Photography

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/17

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sound: Chris Wilden
Camera: Dick Ewen
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Howard Williams
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Producer: Janice Willett / Kay
Director: Mark Lawton
Cutter: Peter Cullum

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