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Birdmen

Series

Series Name
Look At Life

Issue

Issue No.
201
Date Released
1963
Length of issue (in feet)
803
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Birdmen

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
NoS synopsis: Man’s attempts to fly by his own efforts. The Puffin by which John Wimpenny pedalled himself through the air for half a mile.
Researcher Comments
Look At Life Series 16 comprises Issues 196-208.
Keywords
Aviation; Aircraft
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases
The British National Film Catalogue   Vol.1, 1963, p.80 - used for synopsis
British Movietonews Listing
Credits:
Support services
C.H. Gibbs-Smith
Production Co.
The Rank Organisation Special Features Division
Commentator
Tim Turner

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
Email
info@screenocean.com
Web
http://reuters.screenocean.com/
Phone
+44(0)1954 262052
Address
124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX
Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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).
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