Fringe Business/Industry

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1059

Date Released

1979

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fringe Business/Industry

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Vicki Luke goes to Salon International, Britain’s trade fair for the hairdressing industry, which attracts visitors from all over the world. Britain is the acknowledged leader in the field of hair fashion but some of the eye boggling hairstyles on display go beyond the wildest imagination. However, it was a group of hairstylists, models, dancers and acrobats from Nigeria who stole the show with their fascinating traditional styles and their carefree sense of fun.

Researcher Comments

According to the final commentary script, people featured include hairdressing school owner Adele Morris and stylist Robert Lebeter. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 591’ ran the same story

Keywords

Music and dance; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 936/1059

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Mike Murray

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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