Air Pollution

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

694

Date Released

11 Apr 1968

Date recorded

21 Mar 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

675

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Air Pollution
2. 2A Bag of Hot Air
3. 3Model Aircraft Fanatics

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Londoner’s don’t suffer pea soup November fogs anymore, mainly thanks to the Medical Research Council’s air pollution research unit at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. This is where they watch what’s in the air, and what goes in our lungs with all kinds of super-sophisticated machinery designed to discover what makes a fug. There’s the biggest breathalyser of them all, used to see what the harmful effects of carbon-monoxide can be. One thing they’re pretty sure of: smoking is much more dangerous than dirty air, and that’s why our guinea pig smoker looks so miserable.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Environment

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

255

Story extras:

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