News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.

78

Length of issue (in feet)

490

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Sounds of Doom
• 2. Curiosity In Children
• 3. Protein Electrophoresis

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: When we are ill, the balance of proteins in our blood alters. If particular diseases have their own protein balance new methods of diagnosis and treatment could be evolved. But first you have to separate the individual proteins, and to do this, the technique of protein electrophoresis has been devised.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/78

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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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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