Wool Technology

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

920

Date Released

1976

Filmed

Jun 1976

Length of issue (in feet)

174

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Wool Technology

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: 1976’s ethnic fashion look, a sheep and some complicated machinery show Maggie Palmer just what can happen from fleece to fashion.

Researcher Comments

Features industrial machinery for shredding raw fibre, spinning, dyeing and automatic knitting machines for domestic use. Includes footage from the COI’s ‘Roundabout’ and ‘Living Tomorrow’ cinemagazines. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/920

Credits:

Presenter

Augusta Phillips

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Camera

Crystal Films

Director

Eric Halliday

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Maggie Palmer

Presenter

Maria Almendra

Cutter

Mike Willcox

Producer

Sylvia Eley

Support services

Zakiya Powell

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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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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