Boating

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
919
Date Released
1976
Filmed
Jun 1976
Length of issue (in feet)
175
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Boating

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: This week Maggie Palmer looks at some of the varied craft that sail, hover, paddle or are propelled through the even more varied waters of Britain.
Researcher Comments
Shows a variety of leisure craft in action, including: canoes, dinghys, powerboats, yachts and barges, as well as model boats. Includes footage from the COI’s cinemagazine ‘Roundabout’. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
Keywords
Ships and boats
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/919
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Director
Eric Halliday
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Lilliana Velasco
Presenter
Maggie Palmer
Cutter
Maurice Tarling
Support services
Zakiya Powell

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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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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