Learning on ScreenThe Boat Show
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Ever since Sir Francis Drake was knighted, nearly 400 hundred tears ago, Britain has honoured its sailors. Vicki Luke talks to the most recent to receive royal recognition - Dame Naomi James, who recently sailed the world singlehanded. They meet at this year’s Boat Show, the mammoth trade exhibition that’s held in London every year to show the rest of the world what the industry has to offer.
- Researcher Comments
- Filmed at the International Boat Show, Earls Court, 1979. Includes library footage from EMI of Sir Francis Chichester and from ITN of Chichester and Naomi James. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 596’ ran the same story
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Sailing; Exhibitions and shows
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1056
- Credits:
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- 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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London W1T 1LN - Notes
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