Open University

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
713
Date Released
1972
Filmed
Aug 1972
Length of issue (in feet)
175
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Open University

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: Michele Brown visits Britain’s newest university - the Open University, which has no campus but works through the media of the television screen, radio and letter box. At the headquarters she finds out how successful the operation has been since it opened in January 1971.
Keywords
Education and training; Communications
Written sources
The National Archives INF 6   /1288 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Reference
MI 936/713
Credits:
Production Co.
AI Films
Camera
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

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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Address
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Notes
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