Learning on ScreenCaptain Cook
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: This year is the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook’s birth. Vicki Luke sees the towns and landscapes in Yorkshire where he lived and worked in the early part of his life; and some of the places he visited on his explorations around the globe.
- Researcher Comments
- Places visited include: Whitby and Staithes. Includes a brief extract from NASA’s film ‘Apollo 16 Promise Of The Moon’. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Exploration and explorers; History and archaeology; Scenery and travel
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1038
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Cutter
- Elizabeth Ledward
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Vicki Luke
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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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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