Water

Series

Series Name

Report From London

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Water

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Intrigued by the problem of serving water to the population of one of the world’s largest cities, visiting Iranian broadcaster Hussein Darabaghi, studies the story of London’s Metropolitan Water Board, which was created in 1902. He learns about the sources of supply and the processes of purification through which water passes. As the film shows, London’s water supply is a municipal responsibility undertaken by administrators, scientists and engineers whose close collaboration results in a remarkable feat of organization.

Researcher Comments

The synopsis is taken from a similar issue released in People and Places, a similar series covering exactly the same topics reported in Arabic rather than Persian.

Keywords

Environment; Science and technology

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   c.1960, p. 57 - used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 907/1

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign Office

Presenter

Hussein Darabaghi

Production Co.

Kinocrat Films Ltd