Learning on ScreenThe Craftsmen
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Is the craftsman part of a dying breed? In this mechanised age you may think so but the individual has a way of not dying out. This week Michele Brown reports on the resurgence of craftsmen in England and how their own style and excellence is creating a new meaning of the word ‘craft’.
- Researcher Comments
- According to the script, featured craftsmen and women include: silversmith Robert Marsden, potters, Jackie Poncelet and Glenys Barton, and embroideress, Judith Lewis. NB: Information gathered from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Arts and crafts; Industry and manufacture
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/734
- Credits:
-
- Camera
- AI Films
- Production Co.
- AI Films
- Producer
- Anthony Thomson
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Eric Halliday
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Support services
- Mary Sprent
- Presenter
- Michele Brown
- Presenter
- Silverio Perez Salas
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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- 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
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