Spinning Asbestos

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

76

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

499

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Underwater Metal Detector
2. 2Deaf Children
3. 3Floating Breakwater
4. 4Spinning Asbestos

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Firefighters can now be fire walkers, if they happen to be wearing suits of Fortex, a lightweight yarn spun from the fireproof mineral asbestos. A specially developed "dispersion processing" technique allows such lightweight yarns to be manufactured.

Keywords

Fires; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/76

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

James King

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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