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

View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)