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Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Browsing round a display of flawless cut glass Maggie Palmer is told that she can’t really hope to become an expert unless she knows what goes into producing the pure crystal glass. Not being able to resist a challenge of that kind, Maggie goes off to one of the homes of the glass-making industry - Stourbridge in the English Midlands. Here she discovers the blowers, cutters, designers and engravers, all experts in their own right, who produce the beautiful and distinctive lead crystal glassware.
- Researcher Comments
- Visits the Stewart glassworks, Stourbridge. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 541A’ contains substantial footage from this film
- Keywords
- Arts and crafts; Industry and manufacture; Design
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/956
- 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
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- 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
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