Seaweed

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

549

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

187

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Seaweed

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Seaweed grows in abundance almost all over the world and has been looked upon as simply a weed, as the name implies. But scientists have extracted from it a chemical which has become an integral part of some 3000 different products which are now a part of our everyday lives - food, drink, textiles, chemicals, medicines, cosmetics and further afield. London Line goes to the west coast of Scotland to see this remarkable natural resource as it passes through all stages from reaping the crop to processing the end product ready for export all over the world.

Researcher Comments

NB: ‘This Week In Britain, No. 964’ ran the same story

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/549

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

R.I. Phillips

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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