News on Screen

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

4

Date Released

7 Jan 1947

Length of issue (in feet)

1906

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Fabrics of the Future

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NoS synopsis: A history of the British woollen industry from the Middle Ages onwards. Modern problems are characterised as competition, labour shortages and factory conditions. Demand from the Commonwealth textile industries is being met through improvement and adaptability, particularly in the development of synthetics.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Documentary News Letter   Vol.6 No.56 April-May 1947, p89.
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 The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p253.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

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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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