Dissolving Glass

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
233
Date Released
1978
Length of issue (in feet)
521
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
COI synopsis: Out of the world of electronics and fibre optics: a glass that will slowly dissolve; as a bead, it can be flavoured with either medicines or with poisons. It’s being used as a pill which will slowly disappear as it counteracts disease in cattle or spreads death to river snails.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Agriculture; Science and technology; Animal husbandry; Inventions and discoveries
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/233
Credits:
Cutter
Allen Bowry
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter
Laurence Williamson

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).
Series held
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How to cite this record

'Dissolving Glass', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 233, 1978. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/325968 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)