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  1. School for racing drivers

    Series name
    Astra Gazette
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    000060
    Story no
    3 / 4

    Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 4/29/57 SCHOOL FOR RACING DRIVERS LS Class of would-be drivers receiving instruction from Mr Searle. MS Class under instruction. CS Four men under instruction....

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  2. Industry Looks Ahead - New Scheme for Training

    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/72
    NoS ID
    156775
    Story no
    1 / 2

    In Yorkshire, young boys learn the engineering side of mining in special classes run by the firm. Boys are seen at PT, basketball etc, as well as at lessons.

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  3. Standardisation Of Clothing

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    325498
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: Most clothing sizes are based on statistics of height and girth as interpreted by each manufacturer, but at London’s Royal College of Art they are recording dimensions, shape, and even skin...

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  4. Acclimatisation

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    115
    NoS ID
    325500
    Story no
    4 / 5

    COI synopsis: The supersonic age takes technology to extremes of temperature, and if the jet set traveller is to keep up he must streamline his responses to changing climates. Clothing designed at...

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  5. Coping With Complexity: Typereader

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    151
    NoS ID
    325629
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: This issue looks at a few new ways of managing the increasingly complex problems of modern life. Computer simulations, for instance, show how to cope with the complexity of planning a modern...

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  6. Bubbles: Kubic Bubbles

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    188
    NoS ID
    325802
    Story no
    1 / 4

    COI synopsis: Bubbles nowadays are much more than pretty, short-lived diversions. They may also be the key to some of the most startling new techniques in science; and - in the wrong place - they may also...

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  7. Changing Shape: Circular Car

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    194
    NoS ID
    325829
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: By understanding the importance of shapes and, in some cases, experimenting with new shapes, scientists are alleviating age-old problems. What do you need in a town car? It’s a fundamental...

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  8. Conserving Energy: Add-A-Car

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    238
    NoS ID
    325985
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: Our resources of fossil fuels are dwindling fast, yet our demands for energy seem to be ever increasing: bigger, thirstier planes; greater quantities of fuel burnt just to keep us warm; and...

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  9. Seeing By Numbers 2: Community Computer

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    271
    NoS ID
    326079
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: In the past decade, the computer has grown in versatility whilst shrinking in size and cost. The resulting impact on our society is wide-ranging. From graphic art to saving lives, the tiny...

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  10. Surprise Solution: Cyclops

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    273
    NoS ID
    326085
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: How to avoid the agonies of removing a dressing; the expense of replacing a water pump that’s dropped from a corroded pipe. How students spread throughout the country can have a classroom...

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