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Cheaper London

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
898
Date Released
1976
Filmed
Feb 1976
Length of issue (in feet)
174
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cheaper London

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: London is an exciting city with many different things to see and do. Some of them every tourist knows about, but Gail Spiro spends the day in London with a Mexican friend and shows her parts of the city that are not only a little offbeat but also very inexpensive.
Researcher Comments
Includes Charing Cross Road, Bermondsey Market, Selfridges and the Kings Head, Islington.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Scenery and travel
Written sources
The National Archives INF 6   /1317 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Reference
MI 936/898
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Director
Eric Halliday
Support services
Eric Halliday
Presenter
Esmeralda Reyna
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Gail Spiro
Cutter
Maurice Tarling
Producer
Sylvia Eley
Support services
Zakiya Powell

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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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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