The Cyclone

Series

Series Name

Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.

10

Date Released

1956

Length of issue (in feet)

540

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Golf Links with Steam
2. 2Holiday Special
3. 3The Cyclone
4. 4Going to Press

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: Despite rapid developments in the field of atomic energy, coal will be, for many years to come, a maro source of power. The Babcock Cyclone furnace, most modern method of coal-firing large power station and industrial boilers, is playing an important part in making the most efficient use of the world’s coal resources, and in addition, solves the major problem of ash-disposal from large boilers.
The film, after describing the operation of the Cyclone furnace with an animated diagram, shows Cyclones during manufacture and installation, and refers briefly to the story of research and testing behind their development. This item is a short, popular extract from the Company’s technical film "Cyclone Firing".

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Engineering; Animation; Fuels; Energy resources

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Synopses of the Babcock Film Magazines booklet   p12. Used for synopsis
Scottish Screen Archive database   Ref.1520

Credits:

Sponsor

Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.

Producer

Cyril Randell

Producer

Denis Ward

Production Co.

Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

Editor

Terence Twigg

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Film Archive

Name

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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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