Early Warning Alarms: Underwater Canary

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

236

Length of issue (in feet)

523

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Early Warning Alarms: Spark Check
2. 2Early Warning Alarms: Underwater Canary
3. 3Early Warning Alarms: Bleeding Bolts

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: Prevention is better than cure... a simple early warning system can mean that trouble - or even disaster - can be averted. The sea has a remarkable capacity to absorb quite safely our industrial wastes. But we can overdo it - and damage the complex chain of life for which the sea is home. Now, like the miner’s canary of old, a simple animal can warn us of the dangers. A primitive creature - a hydroid - is proving to be a sensitive, cheap, yet accurate gauge of the levels of pollution.

Keywords

Environment; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Pollution; Animals; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/236

Credits:

Cutter

Allen Bowry

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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