News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topic

Issue

Issue No.

9

Date Released

1958

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Men of Harwell

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Joan and Julius Evans, an American couple touring Britain, visit Harwell, the centre of atomic research in Britain. They talk with the scientists and learn about their work, hobbies and family life. Joan and Julius discuss with a young woman chemist her feeling about family versus career. From a security officer they learn the effect of the Atomic Research Centre on the neighbouring community. American scientists working at Harwell explain the importance of the information exchanged between Britain and America in this new age of atomic power.

Keywords

Nuclear energy

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   c.1960, p.44 - used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 892/9

Credits:

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:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

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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