Results: Stories
45 results found for '"Colonial Office"' in Credits.
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...
Judy Grinham
- Date released
- 1959
- Series name
- British Sporting Personalities
- Issue no
- 1
- NoS ID
- 323876
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: The swimming career of Judy Grinham turned on her decision, when only twelve years of age, to concentrate on the backstroke, and on her partnership at fifteen with the great swimming coach, Reg...
Derek Ibbotson
- Date released
- 1959
- Series name
- British Sporting Personalities
- Issue no
- 2
- NoS ID
- 323877
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: Derek Ibbotson first learned to run on his native Yorkshire moors, where his still trains. The film shows the world record-breaking Invitation Mile at London’s White City Stadium in 1957,...
An Agricultural Show
- Date released
- 1959
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 1
- NoS ID
- 326927
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: In a simple and straightforward style of documentary this reports on an Agricultural Show held annually at Northbury, a typical English market town. After showing the preparations which precede...
Royal Windsor
- Date released
- 1959
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 2
- NoS ID
- 326928
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: A tour of Windsor Castle and town, lying a short distance from the heart of London. The film refers briefly to the building of the Castle and additions to it by later Sovereigns; and shows...
London Bus Driver
- Date released
- 1959
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 4
- NoS ID
- 326930
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: The selection and training of drivers for London’s fleet of red double-decker buses, followed in the story of Tom, a conductor who aspires to the driver’s seat. The film begins when Tom...
Hyde Park
- Date released
- 1959
- Series name
- Looking At Britain
- Issue no
- 5
- NoS ID
- 326931
- Story no
- 1 / 1
COI synopsis: Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens form one of London’s largest parks, but even the Londoners that enjoy its amenities know little of the ‘village industry’ on which it relies. In a hidden...