Growing And Eating Aka Mushrooms (1966)

Worthing, West Sussex. In a laboratory we see various shots of scientists separating and germinating mushroom spores to obtain seeds for growers. A bottle of seeds labelled Darlington s Grain Spawn, Worthing. C, Us of a bed of mushrooms growing. At a mushroom packing factory, women pick mushrooms from beds in the darkened sheds, pack them into boxes and weigh them. Good C, U of fried breakfast mushrooms, bacon, sausages and tomatoes cooking in a frying pan. Several shots of new ideas for serving mushrooms; some excellent footage here of party food, parties. Plates of 1960s party food (mostly teeming with mushrooms) being passed around; guests eating volauvents and other nibbles; trying a mushroom dip. A man sets alight a plate of mushrooms in brandy. Cuts exist see separate record. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LIC