News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topic

Issue

Issue No.

3

Date Released

1958

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Housewife

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Is there such a thing as a typical housewife? Joan and Julius Evans, visitors from the United States, meet Angela Parris from Eastcote, Middlesex. Her husband is in the advertising business and they have two children, both boys. They find in Angela a housewife who actually likes housework and sincerely believes that a wifes’ place is in the home, caring for her husband and children. Joan and Julius learn a lot about the women’s view of life in Britain - how the National Health Service works, why British ‘public’ schools are really ‘private’ schools and how British families manage their income.

Keywords

Women; Domestic life

Written sources

The National Archives INF 6   /1361
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   c.1960, p.123 - used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 892/3

Credits:

Production Co.

Anvil Films Ltd

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign Office

Presenter

Joan Evans

Presenter

Julius Evans

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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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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