Biba

Series

Series Name
The Pacemakers

Issue

Issue No.
11
Length of issue (in feet)
457
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Biba

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
NoS synopsis: A profile of Barbara Hulanicki, founder of the influential clothing empire Biba. The film shows the day-to-day work of Hulanicki and her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon at the Biba shop in Kensington High Street.
Researcher Comments
Additional credits: The model is Elizabeth Neilson and the child model, Guineve
Keywords
Business and commerce; Fashion and costume
Written sources
The National Archives INF 6   /1557
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Viewing Copy - BFI National Archive   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1461/11
Credits:
Producer
Adam Leys
Editor
Adam Leys
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Producer
John Hall
Director
John Hall

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
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).
Series held
View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 315 times.