Shrimps Aid Skindivers
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Decompression sickness otherwise known as the "bends" is one of the great barriers to undersea exploration. Scientists seeking an answer have found valuable clues in the humble shrimp which can also suffer from the "bends".
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Swimming; Animals
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/3
- Credits:
-
- Producer
- Anthony Thomson
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sound
- Chris Wilden
- Camera
- Dick Ewen
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Producer
- Janice Willett / Kay
- Support services
- Lawrence Hughes
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
- Director
- Mark Lawton
- Director
- Rosamund Davies
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- 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
'Shrimps Aid Skindivers', Tomorrow Today Issue No. 3, 1969. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/350746 (Accessed 03 Jan 2026)