The Discovery of Penicillin

Name: The Discovery of Penicillin
Released: 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 11 min
Rating: 7

A short documentary film produced by the British government in 1964. With the help of modernist animations, it covers the development of penicillin into a usable pharmaceutical, from Alexander Fleming's initial discovery, to the purification performed by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.