Panorama

Dates

1951 - 1956

Category

Cinemagazine - Industrial

History

Panorama was intended to promote the activities of various ICI branches to the company’s workers, and in doing so, to bring the divisions together. Each issue lasted around 18 minutes and usually featured around four stories ranging from the manufacture of cardboard packets for washing soda to use of explosives in quarrying. The series was the internal side of the extensive ICI film production programme and was shown in after-hours mobile shows in works’ canteens, theatres and local halls for employees. It was also available on free loan to the public through the ICI Film Library. Twelve issues of Panorama were made between 1951 and 1956.

Provenance

Records for this series were constructed from Film User, Lens (the ICI newsletter) and the BFI Film & Television Database

Films in this series can be obtained from:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries: nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk For commercial/footage reuse enquiries: footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

Series held

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