Scripts and Commentaries

Date:
1958-1962
Reference:
PENROSE/2/12/14/3
Part of:
L. S. Penrose Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Contains scripts, commentaries, and an abstract, comprising:



Three TS scripts for a ten minute film on Automatic Mechanical Self-Replication, one with diagrams, dated March 1958;



Three copies of an abstract for Penrose's film on Automatic Mechanical Self-Replication to be exhibited at the Tenth International Congress of Genetics, 23 August 1958;



TS commentary for the first film on Automatic Mechanical Self-Replication;



Three TS scripts for a second film on Automatic Mechanical Self-Replication. Initial script, dated July 1961, is heavily annotated, and followed by revised scripts dated October 1961;



TS commentary by Mr Cresswell for "Automatic Mechanical Self-Replication II", with accompanying cover note for Miss Brown, dated October 1961;



TS commentary for the first film with corrections, and annotated to show the soundtrack for Part 1 was corrected on 7 March 1962.

Publication/Creation

1958-1962

Physical description

82 folios

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Terms of use

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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Where to find it

Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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