Film ID: YFA 1951 THE BRADFORD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY c.1961 Visitor TabsDescription This is a promotional film made for the Bradford Institute of Technology which highlights the facilities of the Institute. Title - The Bradford Institute of Technology The film begins showing the outside of the Institute, before showing some of the rooms inside. A student browses books in the library. Students are conducting experiments in the various laboratories (electrical, mechanical and physics) using a variety of equipment. A lecturer uses a machine for finding the ‘neutron source’. A student has his eyes examined. Another lecturer shows a student the skull of an animal, whilst another operates a comptometer. Following this, another student produces a punched tape, which is then fed into what looks like a teleprinter. Fabric production is also shown. The film switches to show Tang Hall and its gardens, followed by the Wood Hall sports pavilion. Intertitle – Future Developments The film shows new buildings under construction, and then close-ups of a model of the finished buildings. The End
