Oxford Union

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
702
Date Released
1972
Filmed
May 1972
Length of issue (in feet)
200
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: The Oxford Union is probably the best known debating society in the world. Its famous "old boys" range from Gladstone to Edward Heath. Michele Brown went along to see how it’s faring, 150 years after its foundation.
Researcher Comments
Includes an interview with the Union President, Patric Dickinson. NB: Information gathered from the Australian version
Keywords
Education and training; Politics and government
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Reference
MI 936/702
Credits:
Camera
AI Films
Production Co.
AI Films
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Director
Eric Halliday
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Producer
Graham Woodford
Support services
Michele Brown
Presenter
Michele Brown
Presenter
Silverio Perez Salas

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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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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How to cite this record

'Oxford Union', This Week In Britain Issue No. 702, 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/328943 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)