Autobiography of a Nation, The: The Festival of Britain

Synopsis: The 1951 Festival of Britain is mostly remembered for the South Bank Exhibition in London, and this slide set contains views of the exhibition and many of its buildings and structures (including the Dome of Discovery and Skylon), as well as images of the exhibition site before and during construction. It also includes images of some of the other national events and projects that made up the Festival, together with examples of
the souvenirs that were produced to commemorate it. The slides are taken from the Design Council collection.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2003
Documentation: 8-page text with introduction and commentary by John Davis
Subjects: Architecture; Design; History
Keywords: Festival of Britain

Name: Design Council
Phone: 020 7839 8000
Fax: 020 7925 2130
Address: London
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Notes: The Design Council Slide Collection, with over 20,000 images, was transferred to the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1995.

Name: Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design
Email: c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk
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Phone: 0161 247 1930
Fax: 0161 247 6897
Address: The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG

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