News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.

8

Date Released

1956

Length of issue (in feet)

485

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Moving House
• 2. South for Sunshine?
• 3. Rest and be Thankful
• 4. Steam goes Supersonic

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: Late in 1956 the Head Office organisation of Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd., with its staff of nearly 2,000, was moved from Babcock House, Farringdon Street, London and from other widely distributed buildings where it had been established for many years to a fine new "Babcock House" occupying a commanding site in the Euston Road. The movement across London, during a single weekend, of almost the entire paraphernalia of a large 8-storey building, so that work could re-commence normally on the Monday morning, was a major operation that called for cheerful cooperation as well as good organization, and in this item we glimpse the big "trek" in full swing.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Transport; Business and commerce

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Synopses of the Babcock Film Magazines booklet   p9-10. Used for synopsis
Scottish Screen Archive database   Ref.1519

Credits:

Sponsor

Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.

Producer

Cyril Randell

Editor

Ken Collins

Director

Peter Dixon

Production Co.

Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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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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