Play Orbit

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

24

Filmed

Dec 1969

Length of issue (in feet)

458

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pocket Baby Quietner
2. 2Levitation For Tomorrow’s Railways
3. 3Purity Test
4. 4Play Orbit

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Toys for the space age - a lighthearted look at some of the super playthings on offer to today’s youngsters.

Keywords

Science and technology; Toys and models

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/24

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

Presenter

Marion Foster

Director

Mark Lawton

Cutter

William Hammerton

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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).

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