Learning on ScreenBritish Library
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: The British Library is probably the most comprehensive library service in the world. It incorporates a massive reference division housed mostly in the British Museum, where Diana MacLean visits the famous Reading Room, and a lending division which can find any registered publication in the world. Diana takes advantage of this service to order an article from an obscure periodical which is traced, photocopies and delivered to her own public library.
- Researcher Comments
- Locations visited also include the British Library Lending Division at Boston Spa, West Yorkshire and the Library of the Department of Education and Science in York Road, London. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 540’ contains substantial footage from this film.
- Keywords
- Organisations; Buildings and structures; Mass media
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/953
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Camera
- Crystal Films
- Presenter
- Diana MacLean
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Maria Almendra
- Cutter
- Mike Willcox
- Director
- Nick Hague
- Producer
- Patrick Brawn
- Support services
- Zakiya Powell
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - 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).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
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