News on Screen

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

697

Date Released

1972

Length of issue (in feet)

200

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Concorde

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Concorde - the world’s first commercial supersonic airliner - has just been ordered by a major airline. Michele Brown decided it was a good time to see how the Anglo-French project was progressing. She meets Britain’s chief test pilot, Mr Brian Trubshaw and goes on board to see what Concorde is like inside.

Researcher Comments

NB: Information gathered from the Australian version

Keywords

Aircraft

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/697

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Michele Brown

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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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