Learning on ScreenCanals
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Canals were once a transport spearhead of British technology providing arteries to the cities of the industrial revolution. With the coming of new roads and railways, they fell into decline. But now the wheel’s turned full circle. Michele Brown reports on how Britain’s canals are finding a new lease of life as an environmental amenity.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes a brief interview with General Sir Hugh Stockwell, Chairman of the Kennet and Avon Trust. NB: Information gathered from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Transport; Scenery and travel
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/708
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- AI Films
- Production Co.
- AI Films
- Director
- Bruce MacDonald
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Presenter
- Fernando del Paso
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Producer
- Graham Woodford
- Cutter
- Maurice Tarling
- Presenter
- Michele Brown
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - 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).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 94 times.
