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Film title: Code Name: Westward Ho!. Produced by: Data Film Productions. Directed...
Catalogue reference: INF 34/396
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This record is about the Film title: Code Name: Westward Ho!. Produced by: Data Film Productions. Directed... dating from 1949.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- INF 34/396
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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Film title: Code Name: Westward Ho!.
Produced by: Data Film Productions.
Directed by: Mary Beales.
Sponsored by: Central Office of Information; Ministry of Labour.
Further information is available in the BFI online catalogue
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Film Institute, National Film and Television Archive
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- BFI catalogue reference: 17713
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Film preservation rules apply that may restrict access. For further information about accessing BFI National Archive collections, please visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Labour
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16287478/
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