Learning on ScreenCandles
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Maggie Palmer investigates the faces behind the flame. She discovered in one London factory alone the whole history of candle making from the beginning: perfect candles hand made by a process which has not changed since the Middle Ages through to the most sophisticated machinery providing literally millions of candles for world-wide distribution. She also found that in its modern form this old-established industry has discovered by-products and spin-offs which have given essential help to many other apparently unconnected activities - from the motor industry to survival kits for mountaineers. So the candle still burns, its light as beautiful as ever and in an emergency still as vital.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 539’ contains substantial footage from this film
- Keywords
- Arts and crafts; Industry and manufacture
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/954
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Cutter
- Mike Willcox
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 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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