This special edition of Tomorrow’s World sees Raymond Baxter visit Romania. He reports on various scientific and technological research projects in the country, including the Elmo electric bicycle, fresco preservation, the Romanian aircraft industry, and the wine industry.
He also visits the Sadova-Corabia region, home to one of the world’s largest irrigation projects, which aims to use the water from the Danube to turn the arid soils of the Oltenia Plain into productive agricultural land.
00:00 Introduction
01:08 The Elmo electric moped
02:50 Fresco preservation
09:28 Romanian aviation industry
11:42 Sadova-Corabia irrigation project
19:47 Wine industry – research and development
21:05 Universal 411 tractor
22:28 Outro and end credits
Clip taken from Tomorrow’s World, originally broadcast on BBC One, 24 October, 1974.
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