Brass Band

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

666

Date Released

1971

Filmed

Sep 1971

Length of issue (in feet)

167

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Brass Band

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: The Brass Band - one of the good old traditions of the English industrial north. These days the ‘oompapa’ image is gone, and the bands have reached a professional new popularity - as Michele Brown - discovers when she visits the Patchogue Plymouth Brass Band at their home in Durham.

Keywords

Music and dance

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /1274 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 936/666

Credits:

Presenter

Alberto Diaz Lastra

Editor

Annabel Olivier Wright

Support services

Annabel Olivier Wright

Producer

Annabel Olivier Wright

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Michele Brown

Director

Tom Clegg

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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