Learning on ScreenKeep Your Hair On
Series
- Series Name
- London Line
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Our reporter goes to Salon International, Britain’s trade fair for the hairdressing industry, which attracts visitors from all over the world. Britain is the acknowledged leader in the field of hair fashion and new innovations in hairstyling are demonstrated against a background of music and dance. Taking part are a group from Nigeria made up of hairstylists, fashion models, musicians, dancers and acrobats and their nerve and sense of fun, as well as their fascinating traditional Nigerian hairstyles, stole the show.
- Researcher Comments
- According to the script, the reporter was Glenna Foster Jones and participants included Adele Morris and Robert Lebeter. NB: ‘This Week In Britain, No. 1059’ ran the same story
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1257/591
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Mike Murray
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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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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