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  1. Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Producing Penicillin

    Date released
    3 Aug 1944
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    791A
    NoS ID
    013178
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Producing Penicillin. DESCRIPTION: Canada has been producing large amounts of penicillin the amazing drug which is a great germ killer. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Various shots of girls at...

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  2. Penicillin (1978 Multimedia, Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Audiocassette. 19 min.; 38 slides. col. Videocassette. Betamax, VHS. col. 19 min.

    Discusses the discovery of the penicillin-producing fungus, and subsequent development of the various forms of penicillin including the semi-synthetic varieties. Actiona and application are fully described.

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  3. Alexander Fleming special (1989)

    Genre
    Documentary; Interview; Special

    Sean Street presents a programme documenting the discovery of penicillin, and which explores the life and career of the man who discovered it, Sir Alexander Fleming. Street talks to Sir Stanley Peart,...

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  4. Science Lightens Death Roll in Normandy

    Date released
    10 Jul 1944
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1394
    NoS ID
    039224
    Story no
    2 / 4
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Latest technique of blood transfusion and use of penicillin are major contributions of science to quick recovery of wounded. Pictures of manufacture of penicillin are first to be shown in British newsreels.

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  5. Proteus ('Bacteriaceae’): Restricted Forms As a Result of the Effect of Penicillin (1960 Film)

    Director
    G Poetschke
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the bizarre appearances taken up by proteus bacteria, naturally and especially with penicillin in the environment. Swollen forms are well shown, as are starforms and other interesting variables. Made...

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  6. The Miracle of Penicillin

    Date released
    8 May 1944
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/47; Paramount Issue No.: 1376
    NoS ID
    156710
    Story no
    3 / 3

    The practical results of war-time research - thousands of lives saved on the battle front. Shots of soldiers under medical care in a military hospital. Penicillin in production: cultures mature in laboratory...

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  7. Scale Up: Using Penicillin As an Example (1997)

    Producer
    Fiona Jackson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 18 minutes), £59.00

    As demand for penicillin has increased over the last half century, it has become necessary to look for ways to produce it in increasingly large quantities. Looks at how penicillin works and how, in the...

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  8. Mould, The Myth and the Microbe, The (1991 Video)

    Producer
    David Dugan; Oliver Morse
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the work of Horward Florey and Norman Heatley in the development of penicillin. Includes footage shot by Florey himself showing how penicillin was administered for the first time to soldiers in...

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  9. Action of Antibiotics on Bacteria, The (1957 Film)

    Producer
    Peter Cardew
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A demonstration by phase contrast, time-lapse cinematography of the action on bacteria of penicillin and the broad-spectrum antibiotics.

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  10. Death of Penicillin Discoverer

    Date released
    14 Mar 1955
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    55/21
    NoS ID
    106336
    Story no
    2 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Death of Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin.

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