No talking heads, no incredulous thick interviewers. Just facts and images to make the point. A world away from the rubbish we have to endure now when a ‘documentary’ is made. I used to watch these films all the time as we prepared for BBC2 to air properly. They completely captured my interest as a child. Sadly, no-one in that brave new world quite comprehended the difficulties of creating millions of tons of indestructible, synthetic material. Still, exciting!
No talking heads, no incredulous thick interviewers. Just facts and images to make the point. A world away from the rubbish we have to endure now when a ‘documentary’ is made.
I used to watch these films all the time as we prepared for BBC2 to air properly. They completely captured my interest as a child.
Sadly, no-one in that brave new world quite comprehended the difficulties of creating millions of tons of indestructible, synthetic material. Still, exciting!
I watched this and other TT films hundreds of times in the mid-late 1960s.
Yep, I remember watching this.
The modern alchemy of its time....
Never realised at the time, the voice over was an Aussie....