An Hour From London

Series

Series Name

This Is Britain

Issue

Issue No.

46

Date Released

1950

Completion

Dec 1950

Length of issue (in feet)

904

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1An Hour From London

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: The variety of scenery, historical associations and interest any traveller may find in an hour’s travel from the centre of London by road, rail and river. Various typical sorties from the capital are shown: a journey by car to the lovely old-world town of Lavenham in East Anglia; by Pullman train (the famous ‘Brighton Belle’) fifty miles to the sea and Brighton; by river steamer downstream from beyond Oxford, by Windsor Town and Castle, Eton College, Hampton Court Palace to London; and seawards, beyond Tower Bridge to historic Greenwich.

Keywords

Scenery and travel

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /1963
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   1954, p.33 - used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 533/46

Credits:

Sponsor

Board Of Trade

Production Co.

Crown Film Unit

Sponsor

Crown Film Unit

Commentator

James Robertson Justice

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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