The Insect War: Tsetse Death

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

227

Date Released

1978

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Insect War: Pharaoh’s Ants
2. 2The Insect War: Mighty Mite
3. 3The Insect War: Tsetse Death
4. 4The Insect War: Poisonous Plants

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Man, in his attempts to dominate the planet, has a rival; it means a continuing, unceasing battle for survival. It’s the insect war. To win it we need a continuous supply of new ideas. The tsetse is one of the scourges of mankind - it rules over four million square miles of Africa. At the Tsetse Research Lab in Bristol they’re testing a new chemical which is harmless to man, harmless to animals - and harmless even to the adult tsetse. But to the tsetse larva its death.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Insects; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/227

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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