Special Skins: Unsown Wild Oats

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

203

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Special Skins: Fast Car Paint
2. 2Special Skins: Sprayed Houses
3. 3Special Skins: TV Tee Shirt
4. 4Special Skins: Unsown Wild Oats

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: For the farmer, the presence of wild oats in the seed that he purchases from the manufacturer is a hazard. They can choke his fields and severely reduce his crop. But now the distinguishing mark of wild oats, a tufted beard, is their downfall. Seeds are checked by droppig them onto a new fabric which allows ordinary oats to dance down while catching the wild ones by their beards.

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 52 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/203

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Cutter

Elizabeth Kozmian

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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