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Photograph of the Jubilee Singers
This photo shows an African American student choir who toured the UK and whose performances were attended by Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister.
Series
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Entertainments:...
Catalogue reference: PF 310
What's it about?
PF 310
This series contains files regarding regulatory matters on entertainments, specifically cinema and theatre licensing.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PF 310
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Entertainments: Registered Files (ENT Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1984-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files regarding regulatory matters on entertainments, specifically cinema and theatre licensing.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For additional records relating to the management and administration of entertainment see HO 300
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ENT
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
- Home Office, 1782-1782
- Home Office, General Department, 1953-1986
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2023 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Photography and film
- Sports
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Home Office; Department for National Heritage 1992-1997; Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1997-2017; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2017-present
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Upon the establishment of the Department for National Heritage in 1992, responsibility for entertainments licensing (a broad category encompassing Sunday entertainments, Sunday observance, Sunday trading restrictions and Sunday opening); censorship; licensing and registration of buildings, places of entertainment and theatrical employees; safety of places of entertainment, including sports grounds; and legislative practice for the control of music, dancing and other entertainments) was transferred from the Home Office. Under the responsibility of the Department for National Heritage and subsequently the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the same prefixes (ENT, Entertainment) was utilised, as had been done previously.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17593469/
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