English Alabaster

Series

Series Name

Parade

Issue

Issue No.

81

Date Released

Aug 1970

Length of issue (in feet)

844

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Jamaican Potter
2. 2English Alabaster
3. 3TV In Banks
4. 4Deaf School
5. 5Aeronautical Students
6. 6Farnborough 1968

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

NoS synopsis: The fashioning and dyeing of English alabaster, which comes from a mine in Britain worked by the Romans.

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Mining

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 59 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1170/81

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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