Blind Inspectors

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

72

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

448

Stories in this Issue:

1. 11020 Glass
2. 2Blind Inspectors
3. 3Simulog
4. 4Stanco Blue Light

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Precision testing, an essential role in modern industry, can now be performed with great accuracy by blind people. Sounds of varying pitch produced by a new testing instrument tell the operator whether a component is outside tolerance and by how much.

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Disabled persons

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/72

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Rod Smith

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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