Gold And Silver

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

558

Date Released

1977

Filmed

Jul 1977

Length of issue (in feet)

185

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Gold And Silver

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: The gold for Her Majesty the Queen’s wedding ring came from the quiet mountains of Wales. Jumoke Debayo tries her luck at panning for gold and even if she doesn’t strike it rich, at least ends up with an interesting souvenir.

Researcher Comments

Contributors include: Jack Williams, gold miner and Tony Lewis, goldsmith. NB: ‘This Week In Britain, No. 969’ ran the same story

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Mining

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 1257/558

Credits:

Support services

Brian Chaston

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Camera

Crystal Films

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Jumoke Debayo

Director

Nick Hague

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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