The Elephant
Series
- Series Name
- London Line
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: A new definitive book on the elephant has just been published in London. London Line looks at the elephant’s chance of survival in today’s world.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes brief mention of the use of elephants in battle, an advertisement apparently showing an elephant testing the strength of a new polypropylene chair, and the darting of elephants in African game parks by scientists gathering information.
- Local distribution only
- New Commonwealth version
- Keywords
- Animals
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1257/337
- Credits:
-
- Producer
- Anthony Thomson
- Support services
- Barbara Simon
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Eric Beecroft
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Israel Wamala
- Presenter
- John Coker
- Support services
- Judy Davison
- Presenter
- Musindo Mwinyipembe
- Editor
- Renee Serlin
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
- 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)
How to cite this record
'The Elephant', London Line Issue No. 337, 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/326574 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)