Learning on ScreenThe Little Menace
Series
- Series Name
- Look At Life
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- BFI synopsis: A feature looking at medical research and developments, particularly in the field of penicillins and viruses. Largely filmed at the Wright-Fleming Institute it looks at the training of medical students, the work of research teams, innovations such as an artificial lung and machine for investigating the features and effects of thrombosis. Research into hay fever and the production of germ cultures to test drugs and penicillins on is also shown. The film goes on to emphasise the research into anti-germ warfare that the Institute does, in particular, experiments with various penicillins. Dr. Alick Isaac’s research team, investigating viruses such as flu and the common cold, at the National Institute for Medical Research is also covered, and the film ends with scenes at a West Country hospital in a Cold Centre, where volunteers are given colds and studied.
- Researcher Comments
- Look At Life Series 12 comprises Issues 144-156.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Science and technology
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases Used for synopsis
British Movietonews Listing
- Credits:
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- Production Co.
- The Rank Organisation Special Features Division
- Commentator
- Tim Turner
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Film Archive
- Name
- Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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- Web
- http://reuters.screenocean.com/
- Phone
- +44(0)1954 262052
- Address
- 124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX - Notes
- British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
- Series held
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- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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- Phone
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- 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).
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