Game Fishing

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1102

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

174

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Game Fishing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Barbara Ewing tries her luck fishing on the world-famous River Test, in Hampshire, as TWIB looks at game fishing in Britain. We also discover some fascinating facts about an even more famous river - Old Father Thames.

Researcher Comments

Includes footage from Thames Water Authority’s film ‘The Water People’ and from an earlier TWIB story: ‘Liquid History’ (No. 1026). NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Sport; Fisheries; Scenery and travel

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 936/1102

Credits:

Presenter

Barbara Ewing

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Mike Willcox

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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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