Laboratory Landslides

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

90

Date Released

1971

Length of issue (in feet)

487

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1I.S.P.
2. 2Ear Testing Children
3. 3Electrodialysis
4. 4Laboratory Landslides

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A laboratory experiment uses centrifugal force - the force that stops wall-of-death motorcyclists from falling off - to simulate in miniature the effect of gravity on any geographical location that might be unstable. Using a centrifuge to speed up the simulated effect the experiment can show up in a week fissures that might take years to develop on an actual site.

Keywords

Science and technology; Landforms

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1458/90

Credits:

Presenter

Bill Costello

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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