British Universities Film & Video Council

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Acoustic Research Trawler

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
46
Date Released
1970
Length of issue (in feet)
469
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Boggle-On
  2. 2Norfolk 2000
  3. 3Acoustic Research Trawler
  4. 4Polychromatic Dyeing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: Sunken treasure? Shoals of fish? Underwater hazards? This gadget searches them all out - by sound! Using a radar-like technique you can now "see" underwater.
Researcher Comments
Shortened version of a BBC ‘Tomorrow’s World’ subject
Keywords
Ships and boats; Communications; Science and technology; Marine
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/46
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Marion Foster

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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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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