National Parks

Series

Series Name

Looking At Britain

Issue

Issue No.

22

Date Released

1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1National Parks

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Britain’s National Parks preserve the beauty of some of her finest countryside. The film visits Snowdonia in Wales and Exmoor in the county of Devon to show two of the sites where preservation of natural landscape has provided the public with a playground of mountains, lakes and open moors where open air recreations of all kinds can be enjoyed.

Keywords

Environment

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   1964-65, p 85. Used for synopsis.
Viewing Copy - BFI National Archive

COI Reference

MI 920/22

Credits:

Camera

Brian Gibson

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Colonial Office

Production Co.

Kinocrat Films Ltd

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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