News in Brief

Series

Series Name

Federal Spotlight

Issue

Issue No.

131

Date Released

1961

Length of issue (in feet)

310

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News in Brief
2. 2TV for Bulawayo
3. 3Harvest Festival
4. 4Vintage Rally
5. 5Medical Check on Miners

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

BFI synopsis: a) The Mayor of Salisbury opens the Salisbury heliport (pilot scheme only).
b) Opening of a bottling plant.
c) acting Governor General visits Nyasaland.

Keywords

Politics and government; Food and cooking; Aviation; Aircraft; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
British Film Institute Sources   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Central African Film Unit

Camera

M. Hay

Camera

Roger Fairlie

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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