Bagpipes Without Tears

Series

Series Name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.

41

Date Released

1968

Filmed

Jul 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Non-Skid Road Surfaces
2. 2Mermaids And Molecules
3. 3The D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser
4. 4Bagpipes Without Tears

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Howard Williams learns how to raise a skirl on the Scottish pipes with the help of Michael Smee and a bagpipe practice chanter.

Keywords

Music and dance

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /1161
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1394/41

Credits:

Producer

Adam Leys

Editor

Adam Leys

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Commonwealth Affairs Office

Sponsor

Foreign Office

Presenter

Howard Williams

Presenter

Ian Morrison

Director

Mark Lawton

Presenter

Michael Smee

Camera

Peter Theirry

Sound

Phil Jay

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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