Learning on ScreenLondon Airport
Series
- Series Name
- Topic
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Surprized to learn that London Airport routes a plane in and out every three minutes, Joan and Julius Evans, visitors from the United States, go behind the scenes to discover something of the effort and organisation that makes this possible. They talk with the Commandant of the Airport, the men in the control tower, and visit the bakery and kitchens where over 4,000 meals a day are prepared for serving on planes.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Aviation
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue c.1960, p.199 - used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 892/11
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign Office
- Presenter
- Joan Evans
- Presenter
- Julius Evans
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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