Up Up And Away
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Despite the comfort and speed of modern day travel, man still has the desire to be different. The elegance and style of ballooning is becoming more and more popular all over the world and this week Maggie Palmer talks to one of the leading contenders for the British National Championships and tries for herself that up, up and away feeling.
- Researcher Comments
- Features balloon maker and balloonist, Dick Worth. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Sport; Aircraft
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/913
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Lilliana Velasco
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Cutter
- Maurice Tarling
- Director
- Patrick Wyand
- Camera
- Platypus Films
- Support services
- Zakiya Powell
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
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- 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).
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How to cite this record
'Up Up And Away', This Week In Britain Issue No. 913, 1976. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329154 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)