News on Screen

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

591

Length of issue (in feet)

180

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Keep Your Hair On

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Our reporter goes to Salon International, Britain’s trade fair for the hairdressing industry, which attracts visitors from all over the world. Britain is the acknowledged leader in the field of hair fashion and new innovations in hairstyling are demonstrated against a background of music and dance. Taking part are a group from Nigeria made up of hairstylists, fashion models, musicians, dancers and acrobats and their nerve and sense of fun, as well as their fascinating traditional Nigerian hairstyles, stole the show.

Researcher Comments

According to the script, the reporter was Glenna Foster Jones and participants included Adele Morris and Robert Lebeter. NB: ‘This Week In Britain, No. 1059’ ran the same story

Keywords

Music and dance; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 1257/591

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Mike Murray

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Phone

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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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