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Zika Tower - Virus Research

Series

Series Name
London Line

Issue

Issue No.
208
Date Released
1968
Filmed
Oct 1968
Length of issue (in feet)
555
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Portable X-Ray Machines
  2. 2The Ramblers
  3. 3Zika Tower - Virus Research
  4. 4Commonwealth Students Association

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
NoS synopsis: About a 120 foot steel tower in the Zika forest in Uganda which is used for collecting mosquitoes and other specimens for research. Shows the reporter and members of the research team acsending the tower and shots of the team at work in the laboratory. Israel Wamala reports.
Local distribution only
New Commonwealth version
Keywords
Health and medicine; Science and technology
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1257/208
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Director
Eric Beecroft
Presenter
Frances Tucker
Presenter
Israel Wamala
Producer
Janice Willett / Kay
Support services
Janice Willett / Kay
Presenter
John Bankole-Jones
Presenter
Margaret Busby
Camera
Peter Theirry
Sound
Phil Jay
Editor
Renee Serlin
Support services
Ruth Steele

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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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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