Portrait of a poison

Episode of Series “Horizon”.
The chemical revolution since World War II has introduced a new family of poisons- man-made, invisible, powerful, little understood, totally useless but totally devastating. The most deadly of these is dioxin, a by-product in the manufacture of certain herbicides such as Agent Orange and 245T. Narrated by Paul Vaughan.

Credits

producer

Christopher Riley

Duration

00:50:30:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1980

Appears in

Group of items

Horizon

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015751

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Agent Orange

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Chemical warfare

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poisons

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1980

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