News on Screen

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Nigerian Special

1

Filmed

May 1973

Length of issue (in feet)

372

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Catamarans

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: This is a special London Line to Nigeria and for Nigeria only. Under United Nations auspices, a British engineer has developed a fishing catamaran that can be used on the open sea like a trawler, but can beach itself on the shore like a canoe. This is of special value where there is an off-shore fishing industry but no harbour facilities. We show the successful tests on the vessel carried out in Britain and in Nigeria, with the encouragement of Nigerian officials in their creative and progressive concern to develop the nation’s fisheries.

Researcher Comments

Includes interviews with Edwin Gifford of the boatbuilding firm of E.W.H. Gifford & Partners, and Mr Dada, head of the Fisheries Division of the Western State of Nigeria. Utilises footage from British Movietone and Pathe.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Fisheries

Written sources

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

Credits:

Director

Bill Metcalfe

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Camera

Crystal Films

Presenter

Jumoke Debayo

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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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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