News on Screen

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

14

Date Released

Oct 1947

Length of issue (in feet)

1773

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Jamaica Problem

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

NoS synopsis: Jamaica’s economic problems and her struggle for survival, especially her need for new industries and wider education.

Researcher Comments

Monthly Film Bulletin notes that this issue is from the 2nd year. Trade shown 28 October 1947.

Keywords

Education and training; Economics; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Monthly Film Bulletin   Vol.14 No.168 December 1947, p177.
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p254.
Documentary Film News   Vol.7 No.64, April 1948, p43.

Credits:

Production Co.

This Modern Age, Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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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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