Newsreel report on developments in penicillin research. Gives a brief history of the discovery of penicillin in 1929 by Alexander Fleming, and the subsequent work 10 years later in Oxford to isolate the germ killer within penicillin and producing it in stabilised form. Film is shown of work progressing in the laboratory of the research teams and in the new production plant. An interview with Frank Doyle, head of the chemical department, discusses a new oral form of penicillin being developed, and new compound [Selbenin?] which combats resistant staphylococcal bacteria in hospitals.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312624
Language
English
Subject categories
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Newsreels - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Bacteria
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Communicable diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Penicillin
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Bacteria
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Chemistry - Research
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)