Lions At Longleat

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
809
Date Released
1974
Filmed
Jun 1974
Length of issue (in feet)
177
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Lions At Longleat

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: Michele Brown goes on an African safari this week in the heart of the English countryside. At Longleat in Wiltshire the family home of the Marquess of Bath she tours Britain’s oldest safari park, meeting lions, hippos, cheetahs and rhinos in the care of two game managers from Tanzania who have come to England to study Africa’s own wild animals.
Researcher Comments
Includes a short interview with Lord Bath. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Animals; Scenery and travel
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/809
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Director
Charles Leigh-Bennett
Presenter
Esmeralda Reyna
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Support services
Jane Taylor
Cutter
Maurice Tarling
Presenter
Michele Brown
Producer
Tony Hinton

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