Up Up And Away

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
913
Date Released
1976
Filmed
Jun 1976
Length of issue (in feet)
175
Stories in this 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

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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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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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)