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Central Office of Information: Crown Film Unit Files

Catalogue reference: INF 5

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INF 5

Files of the Establishment and Organisation Division, the Films and Television Division and extra-divisional files relating to the Unit Planning Committees, all of the period of the Central Office of Information; and studio files concerned with...

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INF 5

Title
Central Office of Information: Crown Film Unit Files
Date

1936-1954

Description

Files of the Establishment and Organisation Division, the Films and Television Division and extra-divisional files relating to the Unit Planning Committees, all of the period of the Central Office of Information; and studio files concerned with the production of various films, and personal studio files of London Contact Officers while the Unit was for the most part under the Ministry of Information. They relate to the production of films by government financed film units.

Related material

Material relating to the GPO Film Unit is preserved in the Post Office Archives.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Central Office of Information, Establishment and Organisation Division, 1946-1987
  • Central Office of Information, Films Division, 1946-1964
  • Ministry of Information, Crown Film Unit, 1939-1952
Physical description

112 file(s)

Subjects
Topics
Radio and television
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9322/

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