British Museum - The Past Restored

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

77

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

469

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Intumescent Honeycomb
2. 2Electronic Car
3. 3British Museum - The Past Restored
4. 4Corneal Grafting

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: 1800 years ago the bronze mask of Emperor Lucius Verus was squashed in an earthquake. Its restoration at the British Museum is just one example of the salvaging of antiquities that goes on behind the scenes.

Keywords

Science and technology; History and archaeology

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/77

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

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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