Photofit

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1970

Length of issue (in feet)

504

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Eyes, nose, mouth, face shape; put them together and practically any face can be made up, photographically. A new, more realistic aid to police identification of criminals, with over 5 billion combinations, who knows, maybe you are there!

Researcher Comments

Ian Morrison interviews the system’s French inventor, photographer Jacques Penry

Keywords

Science and technology; Crime; Photography; Inventions and discoveries; Computers and computing

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
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Support services: Ian Morrison
Producer: Ian Morrison
Cutter: Mike Willcox

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