British Universities Film & Video Council

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Jonathan Kenworthy

Series

Series Name
London Line

Issue

Issue No.
139
Date Released
1967
Filmed
Jun 1967
Length of issue (in feet)
549
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fastest Camera In The World
  2. 2Jonathan Kenworthy
  3. 3Stock Exchange Pop-Film
  4. 4Fashion - Mary Halawi

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
NoS synopsis: Israel Wamala relates how action photography was used in the past to show how animals, such as horses, move. He then talks to the young sculptor Jonathan Kenworthy about his work, in which he tries to recreate the illusion of movement and power, and of his visits to East Africa to study wildlife. Shows his sculpture of two cheetahs based on movement captured on film.
Local distribution only
New Commonwealth version
Keywords
Arts and crafts; Photography; Animals
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1257/139
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Commonwealth Affairs Office
Director
Eric Beecroft
Sponsor
Foreign Office
Presenter
Hannah Bright Taylor
Presenter
Ibrahim Tahir
Presenter
Israel Wamala
Producer
Janice Willett / Kay
Support services
Janice Willett / Kay
Camera
Peter Theirry
Sound
Phil Jay
Editor
Renee Serlin
Support services
Ruth Messina

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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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).
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