Microbooks

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

84

Length of issue (in feet)

519

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hardness Tester
2. 2Heart Disease
3. 3Microbooks

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Gramophone records can provide a whole symphony orchestra playing the ‘1812’ on a 12-inch plastic disc thanks to stereophonic sound and microgrooves. Now, book publishers, with the techniques of micro-lithography and stereoscopic viewing available, can virtually print the whole of ‘War and Peace’ on a return ticket to Moscow.

Keywords

Mass media; Science and technology; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/84

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

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

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