News on Screen

Series

Series Name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue

Issue No.

68

Date Released

1969

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Financial Times - The Changing Industrial Look
• 2. Blue Peter Appeal
• 3. Britain’s Smallest Radar Set
• 4. Bird Cages

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Small-boat business is booming - and here is the answer to a sailor’s prayer - Britain’s smallest radar set. It’s a practical proposition and simple enough for a child to operate.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Communications; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1394/68

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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
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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