Learning on ScreenPolling Day
Series
- Series Name
- Looking At Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: An account of polling day procedure at Epping, England, during a parliamentary election. After a brief opening sequence on electioneering activities, it shows how notes are cast, how party committee workers play their part, and how the ballot boxes are collected, the votes counted under conditions of strict scrutiny, and the result announced by the Town Clerk. (Although the commentary does not say so, the film was shot during the 1959 General Election.)
- Keywords
- Politics and government
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue 1964-65, p 91. Used for synopsis.
- COI Reference
- MI 920/7
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Colonial Office
- Production Co.
- Max Munden Productions Ltd
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 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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