News on Screen

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

2

Date Released

Oct 1946

Length of issue (in feet)

1902

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Scotland Yard

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NoS synopsis: The workings of London’s police headquarters, Scotland Yard, are explained through the example of a murder case.

Researcher Comments

Premiered at the Odeon, Marble Arch, London, 10 October 1946. Re-released on 29 September 1947.

Keywords

Police

Written sources

Monthly Film Bulletin   Vol.13 No.154 31 October 1946, p142.
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p253.

Credits:

Production Co.

This Modern Age, Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

For BFI National Archive enquiries:
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
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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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