Oxford University Press

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1028

Date Released

1978

Length of issue (in feet)

173

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Oxford University Press

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Five hundred years ago one of the earliest printing presses in Europe was set up in that city of dreaming spires - Oxford. Today, the Oxford University Press is one of the biggest publishing houses in the world. Maggie Palmer visits the Press and the city on its 500th birthday.

Researcher Comments

Other places visited include Hatchard’s Bookshop in London, which hosted a birthday party for the OUP. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version.

Keywords

Mass media; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1028

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Maggie Palmer

Cutter

R.I. Phillips

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:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

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Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

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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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