Learning on ScreenLeeds Castle
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Reid & Taylor, Scottish fabric manufacturers, never advertise, except once every 2 years, when they spend thousands of pounds on fashion extravaganzas. This year’s is at Leeds Castle, in Kent, with models on horseback, Princess Margaret arriving by helicopter - and Australian Vicki Luke, of course.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes footage from the British Movietone News film ‘Leeds Castle - John Packer’ and has interviews with John Packer and designer Tommy Nutter. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Royalty; Buildings and structures; Displays; Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows; Scenery and travel
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1089
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Mike Willcox
- Editor
- Peter Greenaway
- Cutter
- Peter Greenaway
- Presenter
- Vicki Luke
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
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- 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).
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