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Looking At Britain

Dates
1959 - 1962
Category
Cinemagazine - Government
History
Looking At Britain was a series of black and white films produced by the Central Office of Information (COI) on behalf of the Colonial Office. The films were made by Kinocrat Films Ltd, Max Munden Productions and Impact Telefilms. Each 13-minute film dealt with a single aspect of life in Britain including a comprehensive school, Royal Windsor and the world of a New Town housewife. Although the films were primarily designed for distribution in Africa, there is evidence, from the music licenses, that they were also destined for countries such as Australia.
Provenance
The data for this series has been compiled from existing production files (INF 6) held at The National Archives, COI index cards held at BFI Archive Footage Sales, COI film catalogues held at the BFI National Archive and the BUFVC and existing copies of Looking At Britain held at the British Film Institute.

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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