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Mechanical Milling In England

Series

Series Name
Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.
5
Date Released
Mar 1964
Length of issue (in feet)
847
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Henley Regatta
  2. 2Imp Trials
  3. 3Flour Mill In Nicaragua
  4. 4Mechanical Milling In England
  5. 5Brazilian Sportswriters In London

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
COI synopsis: The jolly miller of English poetry and song has disappeared and, in his place, a team of skilled technicians, control the machinery that grinds wheat into flour. This is kept on the move, becoming purer, whiter, finer as it travels through many machines.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1168/5
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Producer
Frances Cockburn
Producer
Rosanne Brownrigg

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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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).
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