Forecast For The Seventies

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Length of issue (in feet)

484

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A vision of the immediate future by one of Britain’s leading science writers, Peter Fairley - a time-table for advances in medicine, travel and home entertainment.

Researcher Comments

Technological innovations featured include: a vaccine airgun, a cordless telephone, a micro-wave oven, an entertainment unit combining a record player, tape and video-tape cassettes and a model of a hover-train

Keywords

Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/25

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Editor: Peter Greenaway
Cutter: Peter Greenaway
Presenter: Roger Cook
Commentator: Roger Cook

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