Ethylene
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: When an apple fell on Isaac Newton’s head he blamed it all on gravity, but ethylene was just as much to blame. It makes fruit ripen, and causes fruit and leaves to fall. Research into the way it works could make a plant feel like autumn even when the sap is rising.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: The same story ran in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 98’
- Keywords
- Agriculture; Horticulture; Science and technology
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/96
- Credits:
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- Producer
- Anthony Thomson
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Camera
- Ian Nowell
- Director
- John Lyndon
- Editor
- Peter Greenaway
- Cutter
- Peter Greenaway
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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