Leaves to Feed Millions

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2042A

Date Released

25 Jul 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Leaves to Feed Millions. DESCRIPTION: A dramatic development by a British scientist could save millions of starvation deaths. A process to convert green leaves into an edible concentrated protein could give new hope to the famine areas of India and Africa. SHOTLIST: Various shots (library material) starving children. CU leaves. MS leaves fed into washer. CU ditto. MS leaves pass up conveyor. MS leaves boiled and curd run off. CU ditto. MS curd carried out and fed into dry sock. CU curd shovelled into sock. MS ditto. Pan ditto with excess liquid running out of sock. CU inventor Mr Pirie. CU dried curd off conveyor. MS dried curd examined by technician. CU ditto. MS processed curry cubes. CU pan various products of protein. MS people sample. MS leaves fed into machine. MS people sample.

Keywords

Food and cooking; Environment; Industry and manufacture; Accidents and disasters; Inventions and discoveries

Locations

England; Hertfordshire; Harpenden

Footage sources

Library

Card file number

93754

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Pat Mohan

Length of story (in feet)

141

Story extras:

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