CADBURY FILM COLLECTION

Description

Cadbury were trading in cocoa on the Gold Coast by 1907 and as early as 1913 began using film for promotional purposes.

Website

http://www.cadbury.co.uk

Keywords

Advertising films; Bournville; Cocoa, cultivation; Ghana; Gold Coast (Ghana)

Access

Access limited to loans to major organisations with their own viewing facilities, not to members of the public.

Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings

Video/Film

Film: The Collection includes feature films: 56 films on 16mm, from the 1920s to 1950s, mostly showing the growing and transport of cocoa beans in and around the Gold Coast, and subsequent processing in the Bournville factory, including scenes of daily life at Bournville. (Copies of 26 feature films on 16mm have been deposited with the National Film and Television Archive), and advertising films: 570 cans of film on 35mm, including cinema and TV adverts for Cadbury brands from 1950s to 1970s. Advertising, documentary, feature films.

Main Contact

Name

Ms. Sarah Foden

Job title

Library and Archives

Telephone

0121-458 2000 ex 3518

Fax

0121 451 4333

Address

Bournville
PO Box 12
Birmingham
B30 2LU