News on Screen

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

937

Date Released

1976

Filmed

Oct 1976

Length of issue (in feet)

180

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Hampton Court

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Maggie Palmer visits Hampton Court, once the residence of Henry the Eighth, and discovers that the maintenance of the Palace has been a continuing process for four hundred years; and as a result Hampton Court is not only an attraction to the architects and other specialists as well as the general tourist, but remains a house, a residence, with such unusual amenities as a Real Tennis Court in continuous use since Henry the Eighth first played there.

Researcher Comments

NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; History and archaeology

Written sources

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

COI Reference

MI 936/937

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Presenter

Maggie Palmer

Presenter

Maria Almendra

Cutter

Mike Willcox

Director

Nick Hague

Producer

Patrick Brawn

Camera

Platypus Films

Support services

Zakiya Powell

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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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).

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