Church Preservation

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
724
Date Released
1972
Filmed
Oct 1972
Length of issue (in feet)
189
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Church Preservation

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: Many of Britain’s fine old churches are in need of urgent repairs if they are to be saved from falling down. But a great debate is going on in Britain about how many churches should be saved; how much should be spent on them and in what way they should be used if they are no longer needed for religious functions. Michele Brown visits the beautiful parish church at Long Melford to find out how it was saved and what the people feel about it.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; History and archaeology; Religion and belief
Written sources
The National Archives INF 6   /1289 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Reference
MI 936/724
Credits:
Producer
Anthony Thomson
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Support services
Eric Halliday
Director
Eric Halliday
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Michele Brown
Support services
Serena Vaughn-Edwards
Presenter
Silverio Perez Salas

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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).
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