The Inventive Brits: Solar Boat
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: George Stephenson and Logie Baird are just two of a sterling breed of men who love inventing things: the British. Whether it’s in a tiny shed at the bottom of the garden or in a large established firm, the British inventor treads boldly where no man has trod before. Compulsive inventor Alan Freeman hasn’t let retirement stem his creative flow. An electrical engineer with over a hundred patents to his name, he’s still going strong. Alan’s current obsession is solar power; one of our greatest natural energy sources. By harnessing the sun with solar cells, he put the first solar car on the road - remarkable considering Britain’s temperate climate. Now, he has expanded the idea to boats, with a catamaran powered entirely by sunlight, and Alan has great hopes for his brainchild - a solar plane.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Vehicles; Aircraft; Science and technology; Motor vehicles; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries; Energy resources
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/254
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Fred Goodland
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- British Film Institute (BFI)
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