Silkworms

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

139

Date Released

26 Aug 1957

Date recorded

19 Jul 1957

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Barnham Chronicle
2. 2Dick Turpin
3. 3Baby Seal
4. 4Silkworms

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Three million silkworms with meal times every four hours require a great deal of feeding, and this is only one aspect of life at Britain’s only full-scale silk farm, at Ayot St Lawrence in Hertfordshire. Here we see the various stages in the production of natural silk, for which there is still a great demand. [Location is the Lullingstone Silk Farm in Ayot St Lawrence.]

Researcher Comments

Title on lobby card reads "Silk Farm".

Keywords

Insects; Animal husbandry

Locations

England; Hertfordshire

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

279

Story extras:

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