London Zoo
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: London Zoo in Regent’s Park is a favourite summer’s day out for Londoners and tourists. Over six and a half thousand animals live happily here in just thirty-four acres and Maggie Palmer went along to discover how some of them are cared for.
- Researcher Comments
- People featured include Barbara Radford, keeper. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 552’ ran the same story
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Animals; Scenery and travel
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/976
- Credits:
-
- Support services
- Carrie Thomas
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Lilliana Velasco
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Camera
- Millbank Films
- Director
- Nick Hague
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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- 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
'London Zoo', This Week In Britain Issue No. 976, 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329217 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)