Dry Crops
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: The anti-perspirant spray for plants. Plants selectively bred for crops lose a great deal more water through their leaves than their generic parents. Application of a new spray to prevent water loss could save crops in time of drought, or reduce irrigation demands.
- Keywords
- Agriculture; Horticulture; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/142
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Fred Goodland
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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