News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Topic

Issue

Issue No.

10

Date Released

1958

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Commonwealth Students

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: In London Joan and Julius Evans from America meet students from various parts of the Commonwealth of Nations who have come to Britain for university degrees and specialized training. These students include an Indian girl studying surgery and a young man from Ghana absorbing the philosophy and cultural background of Britain. Joan and Julius learn from a number of these students that, though many of thier countries have independent status in the Commonwealth, their young people still look to Britain as the focal point of technical knowledge and higher learning.

Keywords

Students

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   c.1960, p.74 - used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 892/10

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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Fax

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Address

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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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