News on Screen

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

521

Length of issue (in feet)

190

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Food And Health

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: As agriculture becomes a growth industry, producing food for our increasing populations, new techniques must be learned for handling the transport and sale of food in bulk. Public health requires clean, safe food; and this means trained people to inspect the food, to understand the danger signals and to act as guards so that we can all rely upon the food which they pass as safe for human consumption. London Line shows African students mastering these techniques in Britain, which they will then put into practice when they return home to undertake the responsibilities of a highly-skilled, rewarding and essential job.

Researcher Comments

Includes shots of activity at Smithfield Market, as well as classroom sequences

Keywords

Education and training; Health and medicine; Food and cooking

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/521

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

John Wilson

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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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