London Zoo

Series

Series Name
This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.
976
Date Released
1977
Filmed
Jul 1977
Length of issue (in feet)
194
Stories in this 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)
Email
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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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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)