News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

5

Date Released

Mar 1964

Length of issue (in feet)

847

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Henley Regatta
• 2. Imp Trials
• 3. Flour Mill In Nicaragua
• 4. Mechanical Milling In England
• 5. Brazilian Sportswriters In London

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: ‘Carrousel Britanico’ goes on a sight-seeing drive around London with three of Brazil’s best-known sports writers, Emilio Calela, Ricardo Serran and Dacio de Almeida, who are on a working visit. Such sights as St Paul’s Cathedral, the huge modern skyscrapers and the ceremony of the changing of the Guard are among the memories that these visitors will treasure.

Keywords

Sport; Writers; Scenery and travel

Locations

London; England

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1168/5

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

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).

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