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Antique Auctions

Series

Series Name
Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.
7
Date Released
Jul 1964
Length of issue (in feet)
854
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Judo For The Young
  2. 2Gliding For Fun
  3. 3Books For The World
  4. 4Antique Auctions
  5. 5Cattle Country

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
COI synopsis: Sotheby’s is a London firm which has an international reputation for selling the very best and rarest of antiques. ‘Carrousel Britanico’ sees some of the goods to be auctioned, which include a valuable collection of books about Latin America, and a treasure which was sold recently, the Crown of the Andes.
Keywords
Mass media; Arts and crafts; Business and commerce; History and archaeology
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1168/7
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Producer
Frances Cockburn
Producer
Rosanne Brownrigg

This series is held by:

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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