Results: Stories
94 results found for '"Films From Britain Catalogue"' in Footage or Written Source.
Stanley Matthews
- Series name
- British Sporting Personalities
- Issue no
- 3
- NoS ID
- 323878
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: Stanley Matthews of Staffordshire, eighty times an English Soccer International, began learning his extraordinary ball-control as a boy on a strip of ground in the shadow of the pottery-kilns....
New Town Housewife
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 12
- NoS ID
- 326938
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: The life of a housewife and her family in one of Britain’s new towns. The film follows her daily routine, showing how she looks after her new hosue and tends to her family, describing the...
The Docker
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 13
- NoS ID
- 326939
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: London dockworkers pictured against daily activities at the Port of London. The film shows something of the pride taken by the docker in his work and in his native River Thames; the kind of...
Cars Put To The Test
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 14
- NoS ID
- 326940
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: Tests and trials for British cars are a vital stage in their manufacture, and the film shows some of the exhaustive tests which standard models must undergo. International rallies and races...
An Hour From London
- Date released
- 1950
- Series name
- This Is Britain
- Issue no
- 46
- NoS ID
- 328236
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: The variety of scenery, historical associations and interest any traveller may find in an hour’s travel from the centre of London by road, rail and river. Various typical sorties from the...
Sense Of Taste
- Date released
- 1950
- Series name
- This Is Britain
- Issue no
- 48
- NoS ID
- 328238
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: The traditional delicacies of Britain’s table and cellar are often forgotten but in fact, as the film shows in a gastronomic tour of the British Isles, her specialities have reached the ends...
Love Of Books
- Date released
- 1951
- Series name
- This Is Britain
- Issue no
- 50
- NoS ID
- 328240
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: The story of English books as objects of beauty in themselves; and their importance today. "A book", says Sir Francis Meynell of the Nonesuch Press, speaking in the film, "must be created as a...
Man On The Beat
- Date released
- 1957
- Series name
- Transatlantic Teleview
- Issue no
- 26
- NoS ID
- 329690
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: London police have a fine reputation and enjoy extraordinary prestige the world over. In interviews with London policemen, and with Sir John Nott-Bower, then Metropolitan Police Commissioner,...
The West Indies
- Date released
- 1958
- Series name
- Transatlantic Teleview
- Issue no
- 36
- NoS ID
- 329700
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: Set entirely in Jamaica on the eve of federation, this film contains eight interviews which reflect life on the Island, and the development of its industries, transport and welfare service. The...
Oxford
- Date released
- 1958
- Series name
- Topic
- Issue no
- 1
- NoS ID
- 329651
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: Through the eyes of North Carolina’s Dick Baker who has won a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, American visitors, Joan and Julius Evans, discover the distinctive features of the tutorial system...