Limbs In Embryo

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

59

Length of issue (in feet)

481

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Children in Cars
2. 2C.P.I.L.S.
3. 3Disposable Oil Boom
4. 4Limbs In Embryo

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Millions of chickens hatch out every day, most are perfect but a few are malformed. Why? What causes the difference? Research goes on in Edinburgh to overcome the problems and ultimately to ensure that all eggs hatch out perfectly.

Keywords

Science and technology; Birds; Animal husbandry

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/59

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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).

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