Discomania

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1041

Date Released

1978

Length of issue (in feet)

174

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Discomania

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Even before John Travolta hit the headlines in ‘Saturday Night Fever’, discomania had a firm foothold in Britain. Vicki Luke visits two very different London discos and talks to some of the kids - to see just what it is that makes it so infectious a disease.

Researcher Comments

Locations visited include: The Embassy Club, Bond Street, London. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 589’ ran the same story

Keywords

Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Youth

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 936/1041

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Mike Willcox

Presenter

Vicki Luke

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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