Federal Spotlight

Dates

1959 - 1963

Category

Cinemagazine - Colonial

History

Previously known as Rhodesian Spotlight until issue number 87, Federal Spotlight was a cinemagazine produced by the Central African Film Unit and distributed within the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In April 1963, it changed its name again to Spotlight. The Spotlight series were basically designed to promote the Federation both at home and abroad through a topical mix of stories and was generally regarded as the most important activity of the unit from the mid 1950s.

Provenance

British Film Institute Database; Film production documents at the BFI National Archive and from BUFVC Collections.

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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