Manchester Challenge
Series
- Series Name
- London Line (Colour series 2)
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Whether we like it or not, we’re tied up in the age of pre-packaging, and London Line packed Ian Morrison off to the Manchester Ship Canal to be hoisted aboard the swingingest ultimate in the container revolution... Manchester Challenge, the most modern, most glamorous ship carrying cargo in the smartest of white containers.
- Keywords
- Ships and boats; Transport; Business and commerce
- Written sources
- The National Archives INF 6 /1165
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1394/58
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sound
- Chris Wilden
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Ian Morrison
- Support services
- Ian Morrison
- Producer
- Ian Morrison
- Director
- Mark Lawton
- Presenter
- Michael Smee
- Camera
- Peter Theirry
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
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- 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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How to cite this record
'Manchester Challenge', London Line (Colour series 2) Issue No. 58, 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/326157 (Accessed 14 Mar 2025)