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  1. The Science of Life

    Date released
    21 Dec 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Monthly
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    334381
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS Summary - insect life and flowers through a microscope

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  2. The Insect War: Poisonous Plants

    Date released
    1978
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    227
    NoS ID
    352320
    Story no
    4 / 4

    COI synopsis: Man, in his attempts to dominate the planet, has a rival; it means a continuing, unceasing battle for survival. It’s the insect war. To win it we need a continuous supply of new ideas. An...

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  3. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    31 May 1923
    Series name
    Around The Town
    Issue no
    183
    NoS ID
    330269
    Story no
    2 / 5

    NoS synopsis: an excerpt from The Insect Play now running.

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  4. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    24 Oct 1927
    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    499
    NoS ID
    347839
    Story no
    5 / 6

    NoS synopsis: nature study of an insect-killing plant

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  5. Insect Plague Latest Menace to US Wheat

    Date released
    12 Jun 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1699
    NoS ID
    040574
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Oregon wheatfields ravaged by crickets whose natural enemies are insufficient to counteract them. Farmers employ new insecticide in their destruction.

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  6. I Saw Japan Mix by Douglas Hardy - Paramount War Correspondent

    Date released
    7 Jan 1946
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1550
    NoS ID
    039849
    Story no
    3 / 4
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    First British War Correspondent to enter Nagasaki and Sasebo tells his impressions. Resigned to defeat, Japanese live insect-life amidst devastation.

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  7. Boat Show

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    Date released
    Jun 1964
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    25
    NoS ID
    327623
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: Visits London’s International Boat Show and discusses a new process for combatting the teredo beetle, a tropical insect which damages boats’ wooden hulls.

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  8. Cabbage Root Fly Bites The Dust

    Date released
    1969
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    350757
    Story no
    2 / 4

    COI synopsis: As insects develop immunity - insecticides have to be made more and more powerful threatening all forms of wildlife. Now experiments with a sterilising agent in food successfully used on the...

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  9. Wheat Bulb Fly

    Date released
    12 Aug 1957
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    137
    NoS ID
    120431
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: The Wheat Bulb Fly is an insect pest which does untold damage to Britain’s crops, but at the Rothamsted Experimental Station scientists are fighting this pest with all their resources....

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  10. Underwater: WASP

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    205
    NoS ID
    325876
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: An offshore submersible which can best be described as a cross between a submarine and a diving suit. The Wasp, as it is called, is fully pressurised and has its own life-support system. Its...

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