Source To Sea: Water Weed Liquidator

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
301
Length of issue (in feet)
982
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
COI synopsis: Water. It rolls from sea to sky, sky to land, land to sea. We’re walking columns of the stuff; part of the same timeless cycle. This programme examines the cycle and the problems it presents for man. A weed-choked river will die; yet weed is food and a roof for the river’s inhabitants. Weed must be destroyed selectively - but how? The answer came from the sea. Seaweed extract mixed with ordinary weedkiller forms chemical strings that will festoon and kill only the chosen weeds.
Researcher Comments
First shown in ‘Living Tomorrow No. 262’
Keywords
Environment; Science and technology; Pollution; Inventions and discoveries
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/301
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Cutter
R.I. Phillips

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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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

'Source To Sea: Water Weed Liquidator', Living Tomorrow Issue No. 301. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/352417 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)