This Camera Always Lies

Series

Series Name
Tomorrow Today

Issue

Issue No.
3
Date Released
1969
Filmed
May 1969
Length of issue (in feet)
466
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1This Camera Always Lies
  2. 2Your Captain Is A Robot
  3. 3Shrimps Aid Skindivers

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
COI synopsis: It’s all done by mirrors! Cinema fakery takes on astonishing realism with a new Oscar winning process that puts the actor in the most hair-raising tough spots without ever leaving the studio.
Researcher Comments
Features a new front projection system in use at Pinewood Studios, and includes a brief clip from the film - ‘Some Girls Do’ featuring the actor Richard Johnson, and has a shot of the director Basil Dearden
Keywords
Science and technology; Cinema
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 47 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/3
Credits:
Producer
Anthony Thomson
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sound
Chris Wilden
Camera
Dick Ewen
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Howard Williams
Presenter
Ian Morrison
Producer
Janice Willett / Kay
Support services
Lawrence Hughes
Presenter
Marion Foster
Director
Mark Lawton
Director
Rosamund Davies

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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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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