Blue Nile Canoeist

Series

Series Name
London Line

Issue

Issue No.
424
Date Released
1972
Filmed
Nov 1972
Length of issue (in feet)
500
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Blue Nile Canoeist
  2. 2Coffee Waste
  3. 3Camden Arts Centre
  4. 4Susan Shiffrin

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: When he led four canoeists down the Blue Nile recently, Mike Jones, a young medical student, proved that the upper reaches were not impassable... We learn how his expedition was made possible by the award of a Churchill Foundation scholarship, and get an opportunity to see some of his own film of the adventure.
Keywords
Water sports; Exploration and explorers; Scenery and travel
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1257/424
Credits:
Camera
Andrew Tyler
Support services
Barbara Simon
Director
Bill Metcalfe
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Sound
Frank Jeffs
Editor
Glenn Hyde
Cutter
Glenn Hyde
Camera
John Rees
Support services
Judy Davison
Presenter
Jumoke Debayo
Producer
Patrick Brawn
Presenter
Paul Boateng
Camera
Richard Dellow

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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