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Series
- Series Name
- Cinegazette
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 6
- Summary
- NoS Summary - A survey of some of the leisure activities enjoyed by London Transport’s 100,000 employees.
NoS synopsis: This story presents several examples of employees’ leisure pursuits - Mr. Taylor has a darkroom; Mr. Stevenson of Hanwell garage makes model ships; some play football, others the pools; Mr. Redman, foreman of the Ealing Common Depot, collects oriental china and art; there is a drama society, opera society and a military band.
The cameras then attend the London Transport Art Group Annual Exhibition at 55 Broadway. James Spitten, Associate of the Royal Academy, criticises the paintings as he is toured round the exhibition by some of the artists. The evening life class is seen at work and being instructed by their art master. - Keywords
- Sport; Music and dance; Arts and crafts; Football; Photography; Performing arts
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases
Viewing Copy - London Transport Museum Used for synopsis
British Transport Films website
National Film Archive Catalogue
Film User Vol.3 No.30 April 1949, p193.
- Credits:
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- Producer
- Academy Picture Corporation
- Sponsor
- London Transport Executive
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- London’s Transport Museum
- simon.murphy@ltmuseum.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk
- Phone
- 020 7379 6344
- Fax
- 020 7565 7254
- Address
- 39 Wellington Street
Covent Garden
London WC2E 7BB - Series held
- View all series held by London’s Transport Museum
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 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).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
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