Ivory
Series
- Series Name
- London Line
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Summary
- COI synopsis: The concert pianist who delights audiences throughout the world has yet to be convinced that there could be a satisfactory substitute for the traditional ivory piano keyboard. Today the London Line cameras follow the making of piano keys from the tusk of the African elephant to the concert stage.
- Researcher Comments
- Includes an improvisation by the Nigerian pianist Akinola Akinyelo.
- Local distribution only
- New Commonwealth version
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Industry and manufacture; Animals
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1257/362
- Credits:
-
- Support services
- Barbara Simon
- Sound
- Bert Power
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Presenter
- Cosmo Peters
- Camera
- Dick Ewen
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Producer
- Graham Woodford
- Support services
- Judy Davison
- Presenter
- Jumoke Debayo
- Director
- Nick Hague
- Cutter
- Peter Day
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- 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).
- Series held
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How to cite this record
'Ivory', London Line Issue No. 362, 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/350449 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)