Spiders Fight Pollution
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: They may not be everyone’s idea of man’s best friend but these spiders are really helping in the battle against atmospheric pollution; spinning their fragile webs, they increase our chances of survival!
- Researcher Comments
- The tests shown involve individual known bacteria from the air being supported on spider’s thread which is wound onto frames, then exposed to fumes and pollutant gases.
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Insects
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 36 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/68
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Keith Hulse
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 020 7255 1444
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- 020 7580 7503
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- 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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How to cite this record
'Spiders Fight Pollution', Tomorrow Today Issue No. 68. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/351133 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)