Harmless, Kills Quickly
Series
- Series Name
- Frontier
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- NoS synopsis: Covers the development of antibiotics, starting with the description of antibiotic action by Louis Pasteur, the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming and his collaboration with Florey and Chain. The discovery of Professor Brotzu of the antibacterial fungus, Cephalosporium is described and the subsequent development work by Dr Abrahamm, Dr Newton and Dr Dorothy Hodgkin which led to the production of Ceporin.
- Keywords
- Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- The National Archives INF 6 /120 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
- COI Reference
- MI 1233/13
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Commonwealth Relations Office
- Director
- Joan Duff
- Producer
- Philip Dann
- Production Co.
- United Motion Picture (London) Ltd
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record
'Harmless, Kills Quickly', Frontier Issue No. 13, 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/324978 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)