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Scene from The Swarm featuring Beckman instruments

  • 1977

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Screenshot from the film The Swarm, featuring a Beckman Instruments Glucose Analyzer on the table in the foreground, on the right hand side of the image. Another unidentified Beckman instrument is in the background.

The Swarm was released in 1978 and stars Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, and Slim Pickens (among many others). The film's plot involves a swarm of African honey bees that destroy an entire town by blowing up a nearby nuclear power plant.

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  • 10 in. W x 8 in. L
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  • Time Warner
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Series X. Photographic Materials
  • Sub-series 3. Photo Albums
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  • Box 81

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“Scene from The Swarm Featuring Beckman Instruments,” 1977. Beckman Historical Collection, Box 81. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/1n79h435t.

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