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Wild Oats

Series

Series Name
Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.
110
Length of issue (in feet)
491
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Scanmaster
  2. 2Photomutations
  3. 3Wild Oats
  4. 4Automatic Drip Feed

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: The poisoned handshake. Farmers rogueing wild oats from their fields now use a special glove which squeezes herbicide onto the weed without affecting the rest of the crop.
Keywords
Agriculture; Horticulture; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/110
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Howard Williams
Support services
Ian Morrison
Producer
Ian Morrison
Presenter
Ian Morrison
Presenter
Marion Foster

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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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