Flowers for Export

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
229
Date Released
18 May 1959
Date recorded
21 Apr 1959
Length of issue (in feet)
759
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Introducing the green-fingered men (not purple-eyed fugitives from the pages of science fiction) who have the happy knack of making things grow. First a visit to a nursery specialising in house plants; then a tour of the Royal Horticultural Gardens, at Wisley, to see British plants being picked and packed for overseas exhibitions.
Keywords
Horticulture
Locations
Woking; England; Surrey; Hertfordshire; Wisley; Broxbourne
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
302
Story extras:
Film clip

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Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
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Web
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Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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How to cite this record

'Flowers for Export', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 229, 18 May 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120725 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)