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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