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What’s Britain Doing In Space?

Series

Series Name
London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.
73
Date Released
1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cardboard Kids
  2. 2Let Go Forrard
  3. 3What’s Britain Doing In Space?
  4. 4When Hatters Merge

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: The answer is - staying on the ground for the most part, because Britain plays a big part in putting up the ground stations for communication satellites, and in being involved in all forms of telecommunications.
Keywords
Communications; Space
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1394/73
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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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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