Meteorite

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

73

Date Released

1966

Filmed

Feb 1966

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The London Symphony Orchestra
2. 1The London Symphony Orchestra
3. 2Television Cameras
4. 2Weather predictor
5. 3Meteorite
6. 4Creative Britain

Story

Summary

NoS synopsis: Mike Smee shows us a fragment of a meteorite which crashed at Barwellin, Leicestershire.

Researcher Comments

Title compiled from script information

Local distribution only

Old Commonwealth version

Keywords

Space

Written sources

BUFVC Special Collections   London Line Production Documents

COI Reference

MI 1257/73

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Commonwealth Relations Office

Producer

Eric Beecroft

Director

Eric Beecroft

Sponsor

Foreign Office

Director

John Hall

Producer

John Hall

Commentator

Michael Smee

Presenter

Michael Smee

Sound

Mike Barton

Camera

Peter Theirry

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