Paper Houses

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

213

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Electro Egg
2. 2Braille Computer
3. 3Pointless Bricks
4. 4Paper Houses

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: At the times of great natural disasters - earthquakes, floods, whole nations can be left homeless. Temporary shelter must be supplied quickly - flown in. A group of students from Birmingham have developed the latest solution, an extremely light wooden box filled with pre-cut corrugated cardboard shapes. Dropped from the air by parachute, the box and its contents can be erected as a warm, rainproofed, insulated house in a matter of minutes.

Keywords

Education and training; Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Emergency services; Accidents and disasters; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/213

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).

Series held

View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)