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National Parks

Date released

1961

Series name

Looking At Britain

Issue no

22

NoS ID

326948

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Britain’s National Parks preserve the beauty of some of her finest countryside. The film visits Snowdonia in Wales and Exmoor in the county of Devon to show two of the sites where...

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Public Information Films of the British Home Front: The First World War (2013)

Subject

Film studies; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £16.99

This release brings together a collection of information films during World War I, made in order to promote co-operation and support among civilians. More than 25 official cartoons, trailers and short films...

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Great Pith and Moment (2002 Film)

Director

Margaret Webster

Producer

Larry Kinsey

Comedy short. "William Shakespeare’s greatest soliloquy performed word for word. If an actor’s worst nightmare is to suddenly be naked on stage, then the second most dreaded scenario would surely...

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Central Office of Information (COI) to close

Date

11 Apr 2012, 13:48

Author

bufvcsergio

Post Type

Post

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Classic Affordable and Public Information Films: 1930s-1940s (2008)

Subject

Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 100 minutes), £32.39

A compilation of films about the housing industry and public housing programmes in the United States. Titles include: BETTER HOUSING (1935) on the New Deal’s National Housing Act, 4 min.; HOUSING IN CHILE:...

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Transport Story

Date released

1959

Series name

Report From London

Issue no

4

NoS ID

327497

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: With the daily life of London as his background, Hussein Darabaghi, well-known Iranian broadcaster, reports on the intricate organizations behind London Transport. A daily average of nearly ten...

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Post Office Services

Date released

1961

Series name

Looking At Britain

Issue no

25

NoS ID

326951

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: This film shows something of the complex organisation that lies behind the speedy, accurate and reliable handling of mail by following the progress of a letter from the time of posting to the...

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London’s Transport

Date released

1959

Series name

People And Places

Issue no

5

NoS ID

327435

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: With the daily life of London as his background, Ali Nour, well-known Arab painter, reports on the intricate organizations behind London Transport. A daily average of nearly ten million people...

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Tick Tock: Foi Training Video from Ico

aka: Freedom of Information: Tick Tock

Subject

Law

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 14 minutes)

Training film aimed to help make public authorities aware of their responsibilities under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations.

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Housewife

Date released

1958

Series name

Topic

Issue no

3

NoS ID

329653

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Is there such a thing as a typical housewife? Joan and Julius Evans, visitors from the United States, meet Angela Parris from Eastcote, Middlesex. Her husband is in the advertising business and...

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