Kayaks In Carbon Fibre
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Carbon fibre is a radically new material. It is twice as strong as the best steel but only a quarter of the weight. For the kayak men carbon fibre is the difference between winning and losing. The new boats have already helped to put the British kayak team in the world ratings.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/19
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sound
- Chris Wilden
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Producer
- Janice Willett / Kay
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
- Director
- Mark Lawton
- Editor
- Peter Greenaway
- Cutter
- Peter Greenaway
- Camera
- Ray Ashton
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
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- 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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