News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

98

Date Released

1972

Length of issue (in feet)

451

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. SPZ
• 2. Drug Traces
• 3. Ethylene
• 4. Kaowool

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: When an apple fell on Isaac Newton’s head he blamed it all on gravity, but ethylene was just as much to blame. It makes fruit ripen, and causes fruit and leaves to fall. Research into the way it works could make a plant feel like autumn even when the sap is rising.

Researcher Comments

NB: The same story ran in ‘Tomorrow Today No. 96’

Keywords

Agriculture; Horticulture; Science and technology

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/98

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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