News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

20

Date Released

Aug 1954

Length of issue (in feet)

2047

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Ships are Waiting - to bring British cars to you
• 2. Progress in the Bigger and Better Ebbw Vale
• 3. Special Purpose - Industrial Sunday in Wales
• 4. Dress Circle
• 5. Detectives of industry
• 6. Quiet Weekend in the Clouds

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

NFA synopsis: Draughtsman’s office, Ebbw Vale. A woman thinks of going out to buy a dress. Committee at Hartnell & Baker to look at designer dresses for the millions. Manufacture of these dresses. A massive sewing shop is shown and an Autumn buyers show in London. Mr and Mrs Evans go to a store and buy her a £5 Norman Hartnell dress.

Keywords

Women; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume

Written sources

National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Cutter

Derrick A. Gladwell

Producer

E. P. Moyna

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

Production Co.

Verity Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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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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