Stone Like Animals (1946)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Stone like animals. Italy. Italian scientists have discovered a substance that when injected into an animal within 24hrs. of its death, gives it a stone like state in which it can be preserved. C/U a human skull. M/S a guinea pig being injected. C/U rabbits, lizards and fish after injection has taken effect. C/U a pile of horse shoes. M/S and C/U Doctor Francesco Paga, a chemist who made the discovery being interviewed. Cataloguer’s note: Italian newsreel item. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957),