British Ambassador

Series

Series Name: Mining Review 1st Year

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

Jul 1948

Length of issue (in feet)

975

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

NoS synopsis: A short glimpse of how two-way international trade is developing. It follows County Durham miner Harry Wilkins (the ‘British ambassador’ of the title) on a trip to Copenhagen (24th March 1948) as a representative of the British coal industry - the aim being to strike a trade deal with Denmark, which then relied on peat for fuel. We see the official welcome to commemorate the arrival of British coal to Denmark the first in eight years.

Researcher Comments

According to bfi sources this story was filmed from the 24th to the 27th March 1948 by two cameramen from the Danish Government Film Commitee. The print arrived at Data on the 11th May 1948, having been held up by British Customs and Excise since the 3rd April.

Keywords

Business and commerce; Fuels

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - bfi screenonline
Hogenkamp, A. P., unpublished DPhil thesis pxxxvi.
BFI Screenonline synopsis ID No.1228006

Credits:

Production Co.: Documentary Technicians Alliance
Sponsor: National Coal Board
Camera: Preben Frank

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