Diamonds

Series

Series Name

Parade

Issue

Issue No.

116

Date Released

Jul 1973

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Liberia Monrovia City
2. 2Rowntree Chocolate Factory
3. 3Ben Enwonwu
4. 4Diamonds

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: River mining for diamonds in the River Sewa, Sierra Leone and the dealing and cutting of gems.

Keywords

Business and commerce; Mining; Fashion and costume

Locations

Sierra Leone

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /1392 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 1170/116

Credits:

Production Co.

British Movietonews Ltd

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Address

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Notes

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