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Romeo And Juliet

Series

Series Name
London Line

Issue

Issue No.
191
Date Released
1968
Filmed
Jun 1968
Length of issue (in feet)
559
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Kenya Inshore Fisheries
  2. 2Silver Swaddler
  3. 3Frescon
  4. 4Romeo And Juliet

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
NoS synopsis: Heralds the production of a new film version of Shakespeare’s "Romeo And Juliet", starring eighteen year-old Leonard Whiting and sixteen year-old Olivia Hussey. Includes a brief extract from the film showing the death of Mercutio at the hands of Juliet’s cousin Tybalt.
Local distribution only
New Commonwealth version
Keywords
Cinema; Performing arts
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1257/191
Credits:
Editor
Anna Kaliski
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Commonwealth Affairs Office
Director
Eric Beecroft
Sponsor
Foreign Office
Presenter
Glenna Filo-Jones / Filo
Support services
Janice Willett / Kay
Producer
Janice Willett / Kay
Presenter
John Bankole-Jones
Support services
Ruth Steele

This series is held by:

Film Archive

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).
Series held
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