Skydiver Camera

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

21

Filmed

Nov 1969

Length of issue (in feet)

471

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Foam Furniture
2. 2Skydiver Camera
3. 3Automatic Warehouse
4. 4Sendox
5. 5Boom In Hull Scrubbing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: This new camera catches a daredevil’s eye-view; the thrills and spills of parachuting and motor cycle racing.

Researcher Comments

Features a helmet-mounted 16mm camera

Keywords

Sport; Motorcycling; Science and technology; Photography

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/21

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sound

Chris Wilden

Camera

Dick Ewen

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Fred Goodland

Presenter

Howard Williams

Presenter

Ian Morrison

Producer

Janice Willett / Kay

Producer

John Hall

Presenter

Marion Foster

Director

Mark Lawton

Cutter

William Hammerton

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

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Address

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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).

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