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Pig Research

Date released

3 Nov 1958

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

201

NoS ID

120635

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: The search for the perfect pig continues unceasingly at a research centre in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire. The pigs here really are pampered beasts - draught-proof sleeping quarters,...

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Hovercraft Research

Date released

23 Sep 1965

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

561

NoS ID

121689

Story no

2 / 2

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: There’s magic in the air, the magic that enables the hovercraft to glide across the Solent without any visible means of support. Get a glimpse of the Government-sponsored research programme...

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Inside Porton

Date released

28 Oct 1968

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2056

NoS ID

027604

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Inside Porton. DESCRIPTION: Defence Against Germ Warfare!. For the first time, the Microbiological Research Establishment at Porton in Wiltshire, opens its doors to the Public....

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Figure Research

Date released

29 Mar 1954

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

498

NoS ID

119793

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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Fish Research

Date released

19 Oct 1953

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

475

NoS ID

119687

Story no

3 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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Furniture Research

Date released

27 Apr 1953

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

450

NoS ID

119573

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

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Row over human embryo research (1982)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report on a row over research by test-tube baby pioneer Dr Robert Edwards on spare human embryos. Includes interview with John Scarisbrick, LIFE. Male reporter not identified (poss. Kevin Murphy).

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Food Research

Date released

11 Aug 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

607

NoS ID

121790

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Counting the pips in a strawberry or finding out why some sausages disintegrate during cooking may seem trivialities to some of us, but to the experts at the British Food Manufacturing...

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Ex-soldier on hunger strike due to Government cover up (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Rebecca Broxton reports on the hunger strike by ex-soldier Mike Roach outside Porton Down research centre as he attempts to gain access to his medical records from the time he was involved in nerve-gas...

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Roy Castle on lend a hand campaign (1992)

Genre

Interview

Television presenter and lung cancer sufferer Roy Castle talks to Stephanie West about the Lend a Hand campaign to raise money for Imperial Cancer Research. Celebrities will make a print of their hands in...

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