Lost Property

Series

Series Name

Parade

Issue

Issue No.

103

Date Released

Jun 1972

Length of issue (in feet)

784

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fenner’s Apprentice
2. 2Fenner’s Apprentice At GPO
3. 3Lost Property
4. 4Coin Detector
5. 5Nairobi Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: The special department of the Post Office where postal detectives deal with badly addressed and lost mail.

Researcher Comments

NB: An extract from this story appeared in ‘Roundabout No. 113’ as ‘Lost Parcels’

Keywords

Postal services

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 59 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1170/103

Credits:

Production Co.

British Movietonews Ltd

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Commentator

Patrick Allen

Support services

Peter Hunt

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

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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