Stratford Upon Avon

Series

Series Name

Looking At Britain

Issue

Issue No.

9

Date Released

1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Stratford Upon Avon

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: A glimpse of an English market-town of Stratford Upon Avon, on the banks of the River Avon in the county of Warwickshire, where thousands of visitors come every year to honour the memory of William Shakespeare. The house in which the great poet was born four centuries ago, and Holy Trinity Church where he was buried, can still be seen. His immortal plays live on, performed in Stratford’s Memorial Theatre by the finest actors of the day to audiences from every country of the world.

Keywords

Performing arts; Scenery and travel

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   1964-65, p 76. Used for synopsis.

COI Reference

MI 920/9

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Colonial Office

Production Co.

Kinocrat Films Ltd

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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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