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African Miniatures

Series

Series Name
London Line

Issue

Issue No.
337
Date Released
1971
Filmed
Mar 1971
Length of issue (in feet)
570
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Elephant
  2. 2The Virus
  3. 3African Miniatures
  4. 4Ghanaian Surgeon

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: A unique collection of African miniatures by a British painter whose own style in painting reflects the style of these African carvings.
Researcher Comments
The artist/collector is Joseph Herman.
Local distribution only
New Commonwealth version
Keywords
Arts and crafts
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1257/337
Credits:
Producer
Anthony Thomson
Support services
Barbara Simon
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Director
Eric Beecroft
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Israel Wamala
Presenter
John Coker
Support services
Judy Davison
Presenter
Musindo Mwinyipembe
Editor
Renee Serlin

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).
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