Kneller Hall

Series

Series Name: London Line

Issue

Issue No.

362

Date Released

1971

Filmed

Sep 1971

Length of issue (in feet)

476

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Kneller Hall is another stately home of the past which has found a new role. Once the home of a famous 18th century artist it has become the Royal Military School of Music. Musicians from all over the world attend courses here to learn the various talents needed to organise a military band, play each of the many instruments and finally conduct.

Local distribution only

New Commonwealth version

Keywords

Education and training; Music and dance; Military

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/362

Credits:

Support services: Barbara Simon
Sound: Bert Power
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Presenter: Cosmo Peters
Camera: Dick Ewen
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Producer: Graham Woodford
Support services: Judy Davison
Presenter: Jumoke Debayo
Director: Nick Hague
Cutter: Peter Day

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