The Butterfly Clue

Series

Series Name: Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1969

Filmed

Oct 1969

Length of issue (in feet)

482

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: By observing the habits of butterflies, professors of medicine at Liverpool University have evolved an established cure for rhesus disease - affecting the lives of thousands of women and young babies throughout the world.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Insects

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/14

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sound: Chris Wilden
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter: Ian Morrison
Producer: Janice Willett / Kay
Presenter: Marion Foster
Cutter: Peter Cullum
Director: Terry Wheeler

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