Jewels Of Our Time

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

48

Date Released

1970

Length of issue (in feet)

458

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Knitting Steel
2. 2Jewels Of Our Time
3. 3Quiet Diesel
4. 4Hoverpallet
5. 5Computer In Psychiatry

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: Precious stones replace the glass in specially designed watch pieces, making a fantastic and beautiful collection, and giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "time is precious"!

Researcher Comments

Features the designs of London jeweller, Andrew Grima

Keywords

Science and technology; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/48

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

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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