Artificial Sun

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

86

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

465

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Amphibious Jet Boat
2. 2Underwater Paint
3. 3Artificial Sun
4. 4Eye On The Road

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A lamp that you can read by up to 20 kilometres away. This is a quartz lamp discharging an electric arc through mercury and iodine vapour creating 22 million candle power - with the same spectrum as sunlight. Naval rescue teams are including these lamps in their equipment as a reliable way of penetrating the darkness of light.

Keywords

Science and technology; Navy; Emergency services; Engineering

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/86

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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Phone

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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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