British Records

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
907
Date Released
1976
Filmed
Apr 1976
Length of issue (in feet)
187
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: The first gramophone record made in Britain was mostly an inaudible crackle. Gail Spiro goes to Abbey Road recording studios to watch a new pop group recording their latest number and then watches the factory process to learn how these sounds are transformed into a record.
Researcher Comments
NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
Keywords
Music and dance; Engineering
Written sources
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 936/907
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Presenter
Gail Spiro
Director
Patrick Wyand
Cutter
Peter Day
Camera
Platypus Films
Support services
Zakiya Powell

This series is held by:

Film Archive

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

'British Records', This Week In Britain Issue No. 907, 1976. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329148 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)