Coloured Eggs
Series
- Series Name
- Living Tomorrow
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Such are the whims of housewives the world over, that eggshell colour is an important selling point. Now, a computerised genetic breeding programme has produced three strains of prolific egg-laying chickens giving the colour you prefer - white, brown or tinted!
- Keywords
- Agriculture; Science and technology; Birds; Animal husbandry; Computers and computing
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/47
- Credits:
-
- Presenter
- Bill Costello
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- John Parry
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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- 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
'Coloured Eggs', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 47, 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/351022 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)