Taking A Running Jump
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Maggie Palmer achieves man’s age-old dream to take to the sky on wings and discovers what is the powerful attraction that makes hang-gliding an increasingly popular sport in Britain.
- Researcher Comments
- NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 562’ ran the same story
- Keywords
- Sport; Aircraft
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/982
- Credits:
-
- Support services
- Annabel Olivier Wright
- Producer
- Annabel Olivier Wright
- Editor
- Annabel Olivier Wright
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Director
- Eddy Newstead
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Presenter
- Lilliana Velasco
- Presenter
- Maggie Palmer
- Cutter
- Mike Murray
- Camera
- Platypus Films
- Producer
- Sylvia Eley
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
'Taking A Running Jump', This Week In Britain Issue No. 982, 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329223 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)