Western Nigerian Special

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Nigerian Special

2

Filmed

1973

Length of issue (in feet)

897

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Western Nigerian Special

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Specially made for WNTV’s Television week, this programme shows successful Nigerians in London who themselves explain how they adapted to British conditions and achieved distinction in different walks of life.

Researcher Comments

The featured Nigerians are: Emmanual Jegede, sculptor; Cyril Okolie, taxi driver; Sam Uba, sub-editor at the Home Desk of The Times; John Oyewosi, dentist

Keywords

Ethnic groups; Immigration

Written sources

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

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Presenter

Jumoke Debayo

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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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