Silkworms

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
139
Date Released
26 Aug 1957
Date recorded
19 Jul 1957
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Three million silkworms with meal times every four hours require a great deal of feeding, and this is only one aspect of life at Britain’s only full-scale silk farm, at Ayot St Lawrence in Hertfordshire. Here we see the various stages in the production of natural silk, for which there is still a great demand. [Location is the Lullingstone Silk Farm in Ayot St Lawrence.]
Researcher Comments
Title on lobby card reads "Silk Farm".
Keywords
Insects; Animal husbandry
Locations
England; Hertfordshire
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
279
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Silkworms', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 139, 26 Aug 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120438 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)