Colonial Cinemagazine

Dates

1945 - 1949

Category

Cinemagazine - Colonial

History

Colonial Cinemagazine was produced by the Colonial Film Unit of the British government, for distribution throughout the British colonies. Each black and white issue lasted around 10 minutes and featured around five items. Most of the stories focused on Africa, and Nigeria in particular, with the occasional story dedicated to countries such as Fiji.

Provenance

British Film Institute 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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