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Opera for All

Series

Series Name
London Line

Issue

Issue No.
66
Date Released
1965
Filmed
Dec 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Unicycles
  2. 1Unicycles
  3. 2Shrinking Ships
  4. 2Opera for All
  5. 3Doxford Diesels
  6. 4Portrait of the Artist’s Mother

Story

Summary
NoS synopsis: Opera For All, run by the Arts Council, brings opera productions to small halls around Britain. Includes shots of one such production at a secondary school in Ludlow.
Researcher Comments
Title compiled from script information
Local distribution only
Old Commonwealth version
Keywords
Music and dance
Written sources
BUFVC Special Collections   London Line Production Documents
COI Reference
MI 1257/66
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Commonwealth Relations Office
Producer
Eric Beecroft
Director
Eric Beecroft
Sponsor
Foreign Office
Producer
John Hall
Director
John Hall
Sound
Mike Barton
Camera
Peter Theirry
Presenter
Sandra Harris

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).
Series held
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