The Great British

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1054

Date Released

1979

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Great British

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Photographs of politicians and pop stars, poets and playwrights, can be seen in London’s National Portrait Gallery - part of its permanent record of people who have influenced their times. This report shows some of ‘The Great British’ portraits taken by the American photographer, Arnold Newman, for exhibition at the Gallery later this year: some 50 famous Britons, ranging from the Archbishop of Canterbury to comedians Morecambe and Wise.

Researcher Comments

Includes interviews with Arnold Newman and Morecambe and Wise. Featured portraits by Newman also include those of President Kennedy and Picasso. Alslo includes library footage from Pathe of the inauguration of Kennedy and of Picasso at an exhibition. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Organisations; Buildings and structures; Arts and crafts; Photography; Exhibitions and shows

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 936/1054

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

R.I. Phillips

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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