1948 | United Kingdom | Documentary

The story of halibut oil

  • English 28 mins
  • Director | Erik Cripps
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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This film shows how halibut oil is made beginning with fishermen catching live halibuts and ending with work in the laboratory to turn the most nutritious aspects of halibut oil into a vitamin supplement which is then tested as a treatment on a group of laboratory rats who have been bred to develop rickets.

Halibut Nutrition Vitamins Rickets Fishing
Film Organizations
Wellcome Trust
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