News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

Jul 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

825

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Australian Surf Riding
• 2. Royal Polo at Cowdray Park
• 3. Bicycle Polo
• 4. London Treasures
• 5. U Thant At The Mansion House
• 6. Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

COI synopsis: From polo on ponies to polo on bicycles. Here it seems more important to stay upright than to hit the ball. But this sport is only possible with keen, fit youngsters on sturdy machines. Britain is the country that invented the bicycle and has been manufacturing it ever since. ‘Carrousel Britanico’ seizes an opportunity of going behind the scenes in one of the great Birmingham factories where they are manufactured and crated for export to every part of the world.

Keywords

Sport; Industry and manufacture; Cycling

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1168/1

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Commentator

Carlos Godfrey

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Producer

Frances Cockburn

Producer

Rosanne Brownrigg

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

View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)