Better Britain
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Maggie Palmer learns about a unique series of conservation competitions organized by the Nature Conservancy Council, The Civic Trust and Shell. She meets one group of youngsters who are hard at work rescuing a small wood on the edge of their playing fields.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes footage from Shell’s film ‘A Better Britain’ and features pupils and teachers from Radburn School, Letchworth. Also includes a brief interview with Hazel Barbour of Shell UK. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Children; Environment; Competitions
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1093
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Cutter
- Elizabeth Ledward
- Presenter
- Fernando del Paso
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 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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