Learning on ScreenWomen At Work: A Sporting Chance
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Britain’s Grand National has been called the most exciting horse race in the world. But like some other areas of sport it has always been closed to women. But the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act removed some of the last barriers for women in sport. Diana MacLean talks to Charlotte Brew, first woman in the world to race in the Grand National, and to champion golfer Vivien Saunders about how the new equal opportunity law has affected their sporting lives.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes Grand National footage from Movietone and ‘Sportsnight Special’ (08/12/1996) footage from the BBC as well as original footage and a comment from Lady Howe of the Equal Opportunities Board. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version.
- Keywords
- Sport; Horse racing; Women; Golf; Law
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/989
- Credits:
-
- Producer
- Annabel Olivier Wright
- Editor
- Annabel Olivier Wright
- Support services
- Annabel Olivier Wright
- Director
- Bill Metcalfe
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Camera
- Crystal Films
- Presenter
- Diana MacLean
- Cutter
- Elizabeth Ledward
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Support services
- Jennifer Lucas
- Presenter
- Maria Almendra
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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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).
- Series held
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