Mr Documentary
Series
- Series Name
- London Line (Colour series 2)
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: London Line meets the man who invented the word, and the film form documentary. Michael Smee talks to Scotsman John Grierson in the London Line studio about some of his works which have become landmarks in the history of film making, and also to Kevin Billington the young English director about influences on his work in the documentary field.
- Keywords
- Social conditions; Cinema
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1394/35
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Commonwealth Affairs Office
- Sponsor
- Foreign Office
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- 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
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